we havn’t met . . . and i will attempt to keep this communication brief.

by way of reference only . . . I am a neighbor to the south and east
about an hour or so from our dear departed friend david hamel . . .
and also am acquainted with your acquaintance robin boyd of Ottawa.

I finished reading ” the coming energy revolution ” last night again .
wow . . . hard to believe that was over 12 years ago now . . . and it’s still coming . . .isn’t it ?

or is it ? we’re pretty jaded with funding and researching initiatives and mostly don’t know where to turn anymore . . . we have a large farm with 10 buildings and ongoing education programs, and have
been tinkering in solar and hydrogen over years but seem no closer
to take that off-grid plunge which is a pretty serious financial com- mitment, not to mention other serious research projects.

can you fast track me . . . is there any research short cut to finding
out how far along everyone has come in recent years. I’m encouraged by the above article, but we are still so unsure as to what technology to invest in . . . have you published any follow ups
or updates to “the coming energy revolution” that can help us in our narrowing our focus ?

It’s so hard to know where to turn and where to commit to technologically . . . you can appreciate as farmers and entrepreneurs, we are talking up to a $100,000. investment and we don’t want to bother the banks nor waste/lose. We want to “do it right ” so to speak and create a real living example for people to see. I rather doubt at this stage of the game that its gonna come ‘down the pipe’ from anywhere else and I”m not sure we’ll have a second chance to get it right.

would appreciate whatever direction you can turn me in . . . I know I
can continue study study study research research research but it seems to take years with the little time available, to get up to speed.

with thanks . . .

karish