Green Star Continues on Course to Its Large Scale Commercial Production of Algae Biodiesel
October 23 2008 - 11:02AM
Business Wire
Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC: GSPI) today announced that
fabrication work is continuing for its planned two 500-acre algae
to biodiesel commercial production facilities. Green Star is one of
the only companies in its field that has existing in-house
capabilities to fabricate and assemble the equipment required for
the biodiesel processing and the algae oil production. Work has
continued at its 90,000 sq. ft. fabrication plant in Glenns Ferry,
Idaho. Actual ground breaking for these two locations will begin
early next year. Green Star expects much of the equipment
requirements for these two facilities to be completed before ground
breaking. One of these facilities will be located in Missouri (see
press release titled �Saline County Missouri Approves $141 Million
Revenue Bonds for Alternative Energy� dated July 31, 2008) and the
second facility will be located in a northwestern state with
details disclosed later this year. Joseph LaStella, President of
Green Star Products stated, �Every day, you can hardly pick up a
newspaper or a magazine or visit an online news service without
reading about the latest 'fantastic news' regarding some new
company or an existing company making another new breakthrough in
the production of algae. These companies are touting the benefits
of algae in solving all the energy and food problems without
publishing anything to substantiate their claims.� Mr. LaStella
further stated, �Green Star Products, in 2007, operated one of the
largest demonstration facilities for nine months, which encompassed
a 40,000-liter semi-production facility. The final demo facility
report was released in February 2008 and contains 18-pages of its
achievements. The facility was successful in reaching all its
pre-determined goals.� According to Mr. LaStella, more and more
outlandish claims are being made in the algae arena that keep
repeating what Green Star has been stating for several years now,
and each time it is stated like it was just discovered yesterday.
These statements include all of the six main characteristics of
algae which Green Star has printed at least three times in its
early reports to the public. These factors are so important that
they are worth repeating here again: 1. Algae produce 100 times
more oil per acre than traditional food oilseed crops such as soy,
etc. (Note: Algae produces 4,000 gallons of oil per acre per year
versus 50 gallons per acre for soy.) 2. Algae eat CO2, the major
Global Warming Gas, and produce oxygen. 3. Algae require only
sunshine and non-drinkable (salt or brackish) water. 4. Algae do
not compete with food crops for either agricultural land or fresh
water. 5. Algae can reproduce themselves and their oil every 6
hours, while it takes Mother Nature millions of years to produce
crude oil in the ground. 6. Algae oil byproduct is a highly
nutritious protein-rich food (30-50%), which will someday help feed
the world. Furthermore, other companies in the industry are finding
out one by one that tubular reactors will never be cost effective
in producing algae for fuel as Green Star quoted long ago. Green
Star believes that its duty is to at least educate new investors on
the real state-of-the-art algae developments: According to Mr.
LaStella, it is a well know fact in the algae community that most
of the existing facilities that operate do not accurately disclose
any of their production figures or technology systems to the
public. They do not publish this data to their competitors,
therefore, industry data cannot be relied upon. Also, none of these
facilities produce commercial oil. Many produce high-end products
such as beta carotene or Spirulina. According to Mr. LaStella,
further, the companies who do publish an exorbitant amount of
technological and production data are mostly based on computer
projections and not on actual systems. These companies are
primarily focused on raising capital or small laboratory size
models. These include most of the so called �big algae names�
floating around the internet with unsubstantiated information and
so called �new methods� which really have failed in the past and
have totally unproven figures. According to Mr. LaStella, some
producers are concentrating on algae that �grow in the dark� (that
grow without sunlight for its energy source). These algae require
sugars as their energy source, produce CO2 (like humans) and cannot
be used to sequester CO2 and reduce global warming. Using sugar
from food crops for fuel raises question again about using food for
fuel. CO2 sequestration was one of the main objectives of the NREL
17-year study, which is directly linked to the reduction of Global
Warming. Mr. LaStella further stated, �While other companies are
totally encased in secrecy, GSPI published a detailed 18-page
report outlining the detailed achievements of the project. However,
none of the patent pending intellectual property is disclosed in
this report. �In summary, to understand the 'algae world' requires
real dedication, hands-on experience, reading and deciphering and
understanding the thousands of pages of credible books and studies
based on more than 50 years of analytical and scientific
experience, and after this tedious research is completed the
analysis will reveal the successes and failures of the past. We do
not want to reinvent the wheel, we only want to push the wheel
further to its commercialization. That is where Green Star started
their research several years ago and believe that it is ahead of
his competitors.� We suggest to investors or interested parties to
do their due diligence before investing in any alternative fuel
company. We also recommend you to see the 18-page document on the
GSPI website
(http://www.greenstarusa.com/reports/08-05-09GSPIAlgaeDemoReport.pdf);
the recently released analyst report by Beacon Equity
(http://beaconequity.com/main/Page-data/Adpages/GSPI); �Chapter 1 -
The Real Root of Today's Energy and Financial Crisis� from Mr.
LaStella's new unpublished book titled �National Birthright�
(http://www.josephlastella.com/natlbirthright_chapter1.pdf); and
the 300-page NREL Aquatic Species Program report
(www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy98/24190.pdf). Green Star Products,
Inc. (OTC: GSPI) is an environmentally friendly company dedicated
to creating innovative cost-effective products to improve the
quality of life and clean up the environment. Green Star Products
and its Consortium are involved in the production of green
sustainable goods including renewable resources like algae
biodiesel and clean-burning biofuels, cellulosic ethanol and other
products, as well as lubricants, additives and devices that reduce
emissions and improve fuel economy in vehicles, machinery and power
plants. For more information, see Green Star Products' Web site at
http://www.GreenStarUSA.com, or call Public Relations at
1-800-741-7648 and 1-800-340-9784, or fax 619-789-4743, or email
info@GreenStarUSA.com. Information about trading prices and volume
can be obtained at several Internet sites, including
http://www.pinksheets.com, http://www.bloomberg.com and
http://www.bigcharts.com under the ticker symbol "GSPI."
Forward-looking statements in the release are made pursuant to the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including without limitation, continued acceptance of the company's
products, increased levels of competition for the company, new
products and technological changes, the company's dependence on
third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from time to time
in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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