Why Cleantech Is Red Hot

You might be wondering, why are these “cleantech” energy stocks so hot these days? What are the driving forces behind the kind of potential gains mentioned? There are a number of ways to answer that question, but the key factors boil down to three:

• Silicon Valley is pouring many billions of investment dollars into cleantech.
• Governments across the globe are desperate for clean energy alternatives.
• Due to the rise of emerging markets, the old way of doing things is simply not sustainable.

Now let’s look at each of those quickly in turn.

Silicon Valley is pouring many billions of investment dollars into cleantech. Venture capitalists with big visions and deep pockets — investors like John Doerr mentioned

earlier — are more excited by cleantech opportunities than anything they’ve seen in years.

In addition to Doerr, other high-powered tech billionaires like Vinod Khosla, Paul Allen, and even Microsoft’s Bill Gates are plowing their cash into cleantech. The Silicon Valley titans are convinced that this is where the next big fortunes will be made… and I think they’re right.

Governments across the globe are desperate for clean energy alternatives. For governments and consumers alike, the pain of $135 oil is intense… and it could get worse before it gets better. If you think $4 a gallon gasoline is bad, for example, just imagine $12-$15 a gallon! That’s one possible scenario seen by Charley Maxwell, known on Wall Street as the “dean of energy analysts,” over the next five years or so.

Countries on nearly every continent, from Asia to Europe to North America, are desperate to ease the pain of their costly oil and gas habits. Cleantech solutions (think energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal) are the best long-term answer. And with oil soaring high, the alternatives can’t come fast enough.

Due to the rise of emerging markets, the old way of doing things is simply not sustainable. Even if oil and gas were still cheap — which it obviously isn’t — it wouldn’t be possible for countries like China and India to embrace the old way of doing things. The strain on the planet is far too great.

China is already choking on pollution, for example, thanks to its heavy reliance on dirty coal and toxic diesel fuel. Smog chokes the lungs of China’s cities. Acid rain is killing their lakes and rivers. Researchers are alarmed by ominous pollution levels and signs of climate change.

The story in parts of India and other rapidly growing countries is much the same… and this is all happening before hundreds of millions of newly minted middle class get hold of things like air conditioners and washing machines and family cars.

The simple fact is, the old fossil-fuel intensive ways only worked for 20% of the world’s population. When the other 80% come on line — a jump from roughly a billion energy consumers to 5 billion or 6 billion — the planet cries “Uncle!” To maintain growth and avoid backlash in fast-growing emerging markets, an aggressive embrace of cleantech is the only answer.

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Just pick up any newspaper, or tune in to the TV or the radio. Listen to what people are saying about energy, pollution, and the amazing growth that’s taking place. It’s clear that the need for cleantech is urgent… not tomorrow or next week or some other far-off date, but right here and right now.

As mentioned earlier, my readers already picked up 70% gains in a matter of weeks on a recent investment buy. But there’s plenty more where that came from. I have an entire stable of powerful cleantech picks waiting in the wings — any one of which could serve up triple-digit, long-term returns.

So what do you say? Ready to stake your claim in the cleantech revolution? Join us in subscribing to the Taipan newsletter, and I’ll be happy to rush you the next pick… hopefully before it racks up 70% gains this time.

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