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Hi all,

After reading some of the good material here, and talking with a few of you, it crystalized for me this morning.  I care a lot about seeing people start successful businesses and I`m also really passionate about clean energy.  I`m a pretty good writer, a trained speaker, have a solid science background and am unafraid of technology.  OTOH, I have no rel investment capital and no firm associations in the financial world or energy sector so I can`t just go build a wind farm (for instance.) Sooo ...

Could I be an instigator of clean energy businesses and projects?   Is there any kind of market or business model where one provides knowledge, support, and inspiration to help would-be entrepreneurs over the barriers to entry?

I can easily picture providing information about what various forms of energy exist, what`s on the horizon, tax incentives, rebates, carbon credits, community involvement; whether fuels, genertion, or conservation make the most sense for a particular startup; and so forth.  -- or I could just write a book (even though that seems a bit static and quickly dated.)

A major problem I see is cash flow, both for me and my clients, if this is gonna fly.  I`m currently farming cubes and could do that for probably five to ten years more, so I have the opportunity to take my cut on the back side instead of up-front.  Do any successful models like this exist, or they tend to go like in Hollywood where there`s never any "net" left?

Please let me know what you think.  Will it fly or fall?  Should I continue to pursue this one or dig deep for something better?  If this seems good, what next? 


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Richard Johnson
New Ideas for a New World

I`ve sent you a private message.

Check out the web site, wwwSolarRentals.net. This is a friend of mine that is trying to start up this energy business and seems to be doing all right.

Thanks Winston2,

Could you please ask your friend to contact me?  (I`ll get you contact info in a message.)  I`ve looked at the ReNu stuff, and it seems interesting.  At one point I considered contacting them, but realized that I don`t know enough about their business model.  I think that if a person, family, or small group forms to generate clean power, they should get the bulk of the ROI.  I`m anxious to talk to someone who has a clue about ReNu`s model and can explain to me the true benefits of leasing equipment.



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Richard Johnson
New Ideas for a New World