Message-ID: <24446954.1075856557250.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:15:00 -0700 (PDT) From: vince.kaminski@enron.com To: carl.colditz@enron.com Subject: Re: eThink About It: July 31, 2000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Vince J Kaminski X-To: Carl Colditz X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Vincent_Kaminski_Jun2001_4\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: vkamins.nsf Carl, Thanks for the message. My fax # is 713 646 2503. Vince Carl Colditz@ENRON 07/31/2000 03:32 PM To: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: =20 Subject: eThink About It: July 31, 2000 Vince This correspondence is sent to you in response to the below question=20 pertaining to the type of research that should be introduced to Enron . On Tuesday , April 4th, 2000, a local newspaper in my area , "The Bakersfie= ld=20 California" ran an article pertaining to the 50 million dollars of funding= =20 from the U.S. congress set aside to study deep sea floor extraction of=20 methane hydrate. This study will focus on methane hydrates as an energy=20 source and the technologies needed for safe, efficient development. =20 According to this article, the ice-like deposits of frozen methane have an= =20 energy potential equal to more than twice that of all other fossil fuels=20 combined. I can fax you a copy of this newspaper article if you would like to read it= .=20 Send me you FAX number or call me at Enron Wind Corp. 661-823-6433.=20 Also when I was in engineering student back in 1985, I did an independent= =20 senior level study on a proposed method which possibly could be used to=20 extract hydrate from the sea floor. If you are interested, I could e-mail y= ou=20 a copy of my thesis explaining this proposed method .=20 Carl Colditz Test Engineer Enron Wind Corp. 13681 Chantico Road Tehachapi, CA 93561 661-823-6433 661-823-6804 (fax) carl.colditz@enron.com ---------------------- Forwarded by Carl Colditz/EWC/Enron on 07/31/2000=20 11:48 AM --------------------------- The eThink Team From: eThink on 07/28/2000 05:58 PM CDT Sent by: Enron Announcements To: All Enron Worldwide cc: =20 Subject: eThink About It: July 31, 2000 Here=01,s What You=01,ve Been Missing on eThink: For the answers, consult the Archives for the referenced eSpeak session. "ENE's market capitalization is currently around $50 B. What do you expect= =20 the market cap to be in five years? What needs to happen to get there?" - Thomas Myers Ken Lay, Office of the Chairman, 7/14/00 "Given appropriate latitude and funding, what is the one kind of research= =20 that you would like to introduce to Enron -- and what kind of talent would= =20 you need?" - Yannis Tzamouranis Vince Kaminski, Enron Research, 7/12/00 Do you still believe that nothing can travel faster than light? A recent= =20 experiment conducted in Princeton, NJ has proved this wrong. =20 Reliant says it will file a plan with the Texas PUC to break into two=20 publicly traded companies. =20 Want to learn more? Get the rest of these stories at the Enron Edge.