Wood pellets have been exorted from the Prince George area and around Houston BC for years. West of here they are loaded in Cylindrical Wheat cars and shipped to Prince Rupert and Vancouver for export. Obviously private industry has found a market for these pellets without the help of IPG or the Torino Olympics. Bio Energy I dont understand, unless they are going to show them the Co-Generation units at Pr Geo Pulp, Northwood Pulp, Intercon Pulp, or the Big One that was built years ago in Williams Lake.

Maybe they could take them to the new ball fields and show them how to build stands out of concrete rather that lumber, maybe we could convince them that we are getting into the Concrete business and out of the lumber business.

That's a good one ..!!!! LOL

show the Italians how to use concrete .... LOL ...

You are dead on with the pellets .. I know at least one person who went promoting that product in Europe recently ... they were already selling the product and they were looking to expand their client base .... the market is huge for pellets in Europe ... but then, as you say, those who are looking for markets for various products already know that and have knowledgeable people hustling already ....

Here are a few more reasonable places to not only sell our products, but also learn who our competitors are .... not that those intimately involved with the industry don't already know that .....

I wonder what City Hall would do if some of the local companies would ask the City to partially fund their attendance by providing $35,000 .... ;-)

Germany - March 2007 - lots of time to prepare

http://www.leipziger-messe.de/LeMMon/enertec_web_eng.nsf/pages/enertec-eng?OpenDocument

Sweden - May 2006 ...

http://www.elmia.se/worldbioenergy/

Note the words written there: "At World Bioenergy 2006, you are in a country where bioenergy supplies more electricity than fossil fuels, and where biomass supplies 25 % of total energy utilised"

hmmmm ... do we have something to learn???? These are the people who build the equipment .... anyone thinking value added here???? .... anyone thinking that the feds might want to chip in a few dollars to create some start-up funds to help meet Kyoto agreements???

The Europeans produce such nice pamphlets explaining industrial processes .... wonder if Colin has access to this type of information produced locally ....

http://www.elmia.se/vp/pdf/page/46192AZ.pdf

http://www.elmia.se/vp/pdf/page/U9IQDPP.pdf

http://www.elmia.se/vp/pdf/page/3WB31J3.pdf

Ethanol ...... okay, here comes a history test ... how long ago was it that COlin announced a major development in town .... no, it was not the recent housing development .. it was the ethanol plant .... so what happened???? ..

http://www.elmia.se/vp/pdf/page/8Z1292H.pdf

Doesn't this make one cry???? Send some City engineers to this place to see how it is done...

http://www.elmia.se/vp/pdf/page/3RK833U.pdf

What can we sell here???

http://www.elmia.se/vp/pdf/page/SZD8SL9.pdf

Thats about the first good thing I've seen come out of VANOC for Prince George.

Owl, We sure do have a lot to learn from the Europeans and Brazilians when it comes to ethonal fuel. I think it was a shame that the ethonal project in PG was canceled at a time when the federal government was funding ethonal projects in the Praries. It was a lost opportunity for this region, and the forest dependent communities at a time when diversification is greatly needed in light of softwood tarrifs and pine bettle epidemics.

When Paul Martin talks about meeting Kyoto commitments it means nothing to me in light of these facts.

When Paul Martin talks about relief and diversification for forestry dependent communities it also means nothing to me in light of these facts.

Time Will Tell

OWL you certainly read up on these subjects. The only thing I can say, is anyone disgusted with the City sign pictured above, as I am?
It looks like a shard of busted plastic, sticking out of a cut block of stumps and exposed rubble. It may be true but it's not like we should be advertizing the fact of how we make a living. It is wrong because the landscape grows back really quickly, but these unchanging signs picture our industry at the ultimate worst period in time! I'm disgusted people think these monuments are how we want PG remembered!
Sorry I'm off topic a bit, but really!

www.bioenergyconference.org

Prince George, B.C. 2006 International Bio Energy Conference

I wasnt going to mention the Sign, however I watched the build it earlier this year and was amazed at the amount of time and manpower that went into it. I have been curious ever since as to how much it actually cost. I suspect in excess of $100,000.00. Oh well its just money.

Getting off topic to the sign .....

I have never seen an explanation of what it is supposed to symbolize, if anything ....

I also keep on getting a kick out of the Northern Capital claim ....

wonder if any smart assed kid ever asks their parents how come this is the northern capital ... it is not identified on any map as a capital ... and they never learned that in their geography class ... *LOL*

Owl, thanks for the info on Bioenergy and the related PDF files! If the City wishes to send a tri-lingual representative to the Leipziger Messe, I would be tempted to volunteer.

However, I am sure Colin will go! He is a very seasoned traveller which may compensate for any handicap he may have by not keeping fully up-to-date as far as technology goes - the kind of technology that is already being utilized in some of those far away "forrin" countries!

I agree, the sign is a non-descript hodgepodge pile of leftovers from some other projects. The one at the junction of 16 and 97 - black letters on a dark brown background - is equally pitiful in appearance.

All the younger and more energetic people I voted for in the last municipal election didn't get elected! Too bad, can't say I didn't try!

Yes!!!That sign is absolutely "disgusting."
We are the Northern Capital in a pig's patut.
Who started that ridiculous rumor, and then even used it for advertising???
If that sign sells anything it would not be complimentary.
Looks like a pile of unusable poles around it.
Make for some good firewood!!!!