The following reports cover states that it was authored by Roger X. Lenard of the Concurrent Technologies Corporation. We must say that both Mr. Lenard and CTC (www.ctc.com) have multiple positive citations on Google covering a long period of time. The person whom this study was prepared for is Mr. Omar Mendoza who is a special advisor for technology for the Air Force Energy Program Management Office.
Furthermore this document is basically a road map on how to do a technology audit (VETTING) with a recommendation to the Air Force to investigate the feasibility of the Langson device. The document was issued in the fall of 2011 and addressed to the Air Force. It is not a DOD issued document nor does it endorse Langson’s technology.
What it does do is call for is further investigation and expresses an opinion with respect to the energy that may be available to be extracted by the Langson device if it really is what it claims to be.
The City County Observer endorsed and encourages the completion and publication of what this paper calls for prior to any consideration that the City of Evansville may give to funding a start up company.
It is also not clear from this paper if it was paid for by the Air Force, Langson Energy, or Earthcare Energy. It is clear that it is addressed to the United States Air Force.
3rd Ward City Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley
The following email from Kenneth Haney to the Evansville City Council regarding the questions directed at the agreement between his company Earthcare Energy and the City of Evansville with the recommendation of GAGE was supplied to us by 3rd Ward City Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley and is reprinted by the City County Observer with her approval. Both emails are published without edit, opinion, or bias and are for the education of the people of Evansville.
Mr. Haney’s Email to the Evansville City Council
Dear distinguished Councilmen and Councilwomen,
My name is Kenneth Haney and I am the Chairman and founder of Earthcare Energy. I hope to meet each and every one of you in the near near future but for now I would like to apologize for not being able to attend the recent council meeting in which Stephen Geldmacher (my CEO) did an outstanding job answering all of your excellent questions regarding our technology and our decision to put our first and only anywhere in the world Manufacturing and Assembly plant in Evansville.
Ladies and gentlemen please keep in mind that our TFG technology is not a new technology but an approved upon technology that has been proven efficient and reliable since the 1960’s.
It was around the time in the 1970’s that the technology was shelved only because energy prices were so cheap back then that it was not cost effective to even manufacture the Helical Screw Turbine technology.
Now we are living in an environmentally conscious society and a world of soaring energy prices which makes our Total Flow Generator (TFG) an in demand world wide clean and cheap energy technology making Solar and Wind virtually obsolete because the TFG provides base line power, meaning that unlike Solar and Wind our TFG provides 24/7 clean affordable energy.
Folks you can Google Helical Screw technology and see for your self this isn’t rocket science but proven technology.
I have sent over inventor’s Patents today to Debbie Dewey. I also want to be very clear folks that we have no competition period.
I cannot guarantee that there will not be copy cats in the future even though we have patents but when did that ever stop anyone determined enough to violate them. Even though I would be on them with a lawsuit that will make their heads spin I still cannot guarantee this won’t happen so I will never promise you that. What I can promise you folks is that Earthcare Energy will flood the market so fast that the copy cats can’t effect our market share enough to do us any damage. Being the first to market insures our success for the long term. As you good folks know this is business 101. This is why Earthcare Energy’s business is to License other qualified Agents and Dealers because our market is so enormous
that we can’t cover enough ground without recruiting all over the world. This is also the business model of tech giants such as Apple, Dell, HP. They all have licensees such as Best Buy and Resellers. I used to be a Reseller for all those brands myself.
I also want to address all the comments you are reading about from some citizens and so called engineers. One word folks (Haters).
Folks we at Earthcare have provided everything that we have been asked within reason for your due diligence and I appreciate the work you have put in this process. You have a powerful tool at your finger tips that I provided you with which is again attached to this email and that is a thorough Engineering report from the US Government Department of the Defense on our TFG. While Earthcare Energy is under a strict US Government NDA I have attached this report for your use. I see some of the comments the nay Sayer’s write or the so called engineers out there trying to make a name for them selves. The DOD brought in the worlds best engineering firm to evaluate our our technology. Folks you don’t get no higher than the Department of Defense and you will read in the report we passed with flying colors and you will see that the Author of the report recommends the Government moves on our TFG without delay. You will also read that Authors
Excellent Scientific BIO. If I had to choose I would certainly bet on the DOD engineers than a bunch of folks who don’t know anything about what they are saying but you have a high level engineering evaluation at your finger tips.
Folks this is about bringing jobs to your city for your citizens and to be clear it was I who offered to give Evansville $32M revenue sharing to show our support for the City in return for your support of Earthcare Energy’s Loan.
Yes, we had better offers from cities around the country especially South Carolina. So why Evansville then? It’s simple, we can have a significant positive impact on Evansville by eradicating the unemployment rate. Folks it’s not always about the money but where I am needed the most and I raised my kids in Evansville and my son lives there now with his wife and my grand daughter.
On the 26TH you will make in my opinion one of the most important Votes in Evansville history based on what Earthcare Energy can bring to Evansville. The US Government will smile upon Evansville and tell the rest of the country ” they need to do it like Evansville did.
Folks our backgrounds speak for itself. DOD does not deal with flakes or Conn artist.
I know you will make the right decision come the 26TH because you are all visionaries and you want to do the right thing for your great city. Earthcare Energy is the next Google where ever we go.
Thank you all for your service and consideration. The citizens of Evansville and Mayor Winnecke are blessed to have a great group of folks like you in office looking out on their behalf.
Please feel free to call me directly with any questions. I would be honored to speak with you all.
The Department of Defense report is attached.
Ken Haney
Chairman/Founder
Earthcare/Energy
RESPONSE BY EVANSVILLE CITY COUNCILWOMAN FROM THE 3RD WARD: STEPHANIE BRINKERHOFF-RILEY
Mr. Haney:
Thank you for your email. I really appreciate your interest in Evansville, and I am hopeful that you are able to build a manufacturing facility here. However, I am concerned about the representations that were made by Mr. Geldmacher Monday night and by your email. Both of you have stated with no uncertain terms that the total flow generator is patented technology of which you have the exclusive rights. Mr. Geldmacher also stated that Richard Langson owns the patent, and that Langson Energy is an agent for Earthcare Energy. My major concern with your statements is that you don’t actually have a patent. The information you sent to Ms. Dewey listed a patent application number. I looked it up, and I do see where Mr. Langson has applied for a patent, but it has yet to be issued. It is my understanding that there is no protection from copying until the patent is issued, and there is ultimately no guarantee that your application will be approved. There is a significant difference between a patent application and a patent. My concerns are heightened by the comments of Mr. Geldmacher that there are ownership issues and your statements that you wouldn’t be surprised if you were copied. When Mr. Geldmacher appeared on Monday and admitted ownership issues in response to one of the questions, I assume that he also knew that the patent application had not been approved. Without a patent, anyone is free to copy and market the machine you are calling a total flow generator. Under the circumstances, I do not understand why you and Mr. Geldmacher have represented that you have the exclusive rights to a patent. You actually claim more than one patent in your email. Your statements are unclear at best. Only one of 3 things can happen with this patent application. You could actually get a patent, or you could find out that there is prior art or that the technology is already in the public domain. If there is prior art, then your machine violates someone else’s patent, and if the technology is in the public domain, then anybody can manufacture and sell it. What possible assurances can you give us that this patent is going to issue? Given the misrepresentations that have been made, please understand that your verbal assurances aren’t enough. If you are confident that a patent will issue, then open up your patent prosecution and let us see the objections and search report. I would like for this to work, but you’ve created a hot mess with all these statements about having a patent.
IS IT TRUE that GAGE President Debbie Dewey has been getting some serious questions regarding GAGE’s recommendation that the City of Evansville make a $5 Million loan to Earthcare Energy?…that there have been questions regarding whether or not a working model exists, whether or not there is a license agreement with any substance behind it, who owns the patent Electratherm, Langson Energy, or Richard Langson, and what is Vectren’s role in this deal?…that Ms Dewey responded to such questioning with the following email?
“I am preparing a binder for each of you and hope to have it ready early next week. It will include answers that I have to questions you have been posing and provide copies of the back-up documents that I have. I am also working on scheduling a trip to personally see and touch the prototype unit in operation. Does anyone what to join me on a trip to Reno next week for this purpose?
The PPA with Vectren and the License Agreement with Langson are proprietary documents which the parties will not make public. Understandably, the terms might influence other potential customers and dealers with whom they are currently negotiating. This is a reasonable business position given the investor-owned entities involved. Vectren did confirm by letter that they are entering into a 20 year PPA; and we have requested a letter from Langson addressed to the Mayor which confirms the relationship with Earthcare. I have also asked if they could provide a copy of the agreement with Langson which has confidential portions hidden.
Please keep emailing questions as they arise and I will do everything possible to get the answers.
Debbie
Deborah D. Dewey, President
Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville”
IS IT TRUE that one good question to this response is just what on earth does touching a prototype have to do with verification of any legal issue that may exist or with verifying that a unit is installed and working anywhere?…that if the City of Evansville is dealing with a “Wizard of OZ” that the Wizard will put on a better show in OZ than his representative put on in Evansville last Monday night?…that what needs to be done is to find a prototype that is installed on a pipeline and producing electricity as it is claimed that it will?…that we are sure that somewhere within driving distance of Reno, NV that there is some competent engineering company that has the test equipment and knowledge that would be need to conduct this test?…that if there is indeed a prototype that is worth touching that is available to be tested then that is what should be done?…that we are certain that testing the output of a generator will cost considerably less that VETTING a hotel proposal as every elementary school windmill contest like KIDWIND in the country has to do such a test?
IS IT TRUE that the real question is just how on earth did a recommedation to the Evansville City Council from GAGE happen without the benefit of “touching” an actual prototype, witnessing and reviewing a testing of the device, and validating the legality of the technology that is supposedly licensed?…that any and all members of the GAGE Board of Directors who were party to such a recommendation should hang their heads over this now that a “touchy feely” trip is being planned?…that the elected officials on the board who are party to this (if they were indeed party to it) should join some members of the Evansville City Council in demanding some answers before going forward with funding a start-up business with little to show?
Langson Energy is a renewable energy company that harnesses waste pressures on natural gas pipelines to generate green, affordable, baseload electricity. We are adding to our growing dealer network and seeking developers to expand the distribution of our product, the Langson Energy Gas Letdown Generator, in the US and international markets.
The Langson Energy Gas Letdown Generator is robust and easy to install and support, and has recently been approved by US government agencies as a validated renewable energy technology.
Dealer Requirements – Experience and a solid reputation with customers in the downstream natural gas transmission and distribution sector, particularly at the city-gate; and, the ability to sell, implement, service and support installed Langson products to industrial, municipal, gas distributor and cogeneration clients.
Developer Requirements – Experience in creating innovative business opportunities in the renewable or cogeneration space, including all elements of project development, sales and finance.
Please see our website at www.langsonenergy.com or contact Lee Palles at leepalles@langson energy.com for more information.
IS IT TRUE that all of the teams that have serious local fan bases that played yesterday advanced in the NCAA basketball tournament yesterday?…that the only team well liked locally that did not advance was the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers who saw their Cinderella tournament run end at the hands of the Kentucky Wildcats?…that WKU put up a spirited fight against UK and beat the spread as a #16 seed facing a #1 seed?…that the most impressive victory of the night was Murray State’s thrashing of Colorado State setting up a second round matchup with Marquette?…that there is a high probability that the Indiana University Hoosiers and the UK Wildcats will be in a rematch of December’s instant classic at Bloomington?…that there will be lots of Red and Blue clothing in Evansville next weekend if that game materializes?
IS IT TRUE that several people have asked us why Robert Stadium was not considered as a training facility for the UE Purple Aces during the planning stages for the new “on campus” practice gym?…that while the new $3.5 Million gym may be nice, this may have been a decent opportunity to use Roberts for something constructive that many people and businesses have deemed worthy of their financial support?…that Roberts is really a very short walk from the campus and back in the day when the Aces were bringing home championships and having winning seasons that walk was made by many students to every game at Roberts?…that there is no walking to the Ford Center by UE students and it is not advisable due to the neighborhoods that have to be passed through making the trek?…that this season’s Aces achieved pretty much the exact things that last season’s team did so the idea that bricks and mortar translate into talent and wins has been debunked?…that a 16 win season is a 16 win season no matter where the games are played?…that attendance for the marquee games sold out both Roberts and Ford?…that as far as the other games are concerned the new arena made little difference in the average attendance?
IS IT TRUE that there are several members of the City Council and others who are actually doing some VETTING on the companies that Earthcare Energy announced in July that they had a license agreement with?…that as it seems as though the Winnecke Administration, GAGE, and some members of the Evansville City Council were really ready to loan Earthcare Energy $5 Million without disclosing any details about the basis of the business decision to the people of Evansville that private VETTING efforts are the only way for any VETTING results to be made available before another cram it through right now vote that is scheduled for March 26th?…that this rush to ratify reminds the CCO very much of the mad rush orchestrated by the Weinzapfel Administration to cram through a Johnson Controls deal that was not well understood and to cram through an approval for the Kunkel Group and Randall Lloyd to assume the McCurdy deal?…that maybe these deals will work out okay but the rush to sign was and is simply bad public policy?
IS IT TRUE that we encourage these private VETTORS to keep it up and post the results in any way that you can?…that if the City of Evansville can spend $40,000 to be told how many hotel rooms may be needed for a project that is already 4 years late that waiting a couple of months to ratify an attraction package for a start-up company should not jeopardize anything?…that it has been reported that the movers and shakers in the management team of Earthcare Energy are still working at their day jobs so they won’t be financially impacted either?…that talk of paying Hoosiers $38 per hour for jobs that are not yet defined to make a product that supposedly does not have a commercialized working model in place is not only premature it is delusional?…that we wonder how long that wage will be sustained if someone else buys a license and decides to assemble the units in Mexico for $3 an hour labor?…that one of the questions that the private VETTORS need to get the answer to is just how many licenses may be granted and what is the barrier to entry?…that only when that question is answered can a projection based on reality be put together?
IS IT TRUE that it is also time for the City of Evansville to start looking into the details of the verifiable and contractual cash flow that has a real probability with the Johnson Controls deal that the Weinzapfel Administration jammed through in its last days?…that one private analyst believes that the savings of $3.5 Million in years 0 and 1 are being double counted?…that we wonder what the heck year zero is?…that we expect that may mean the first year during which the gear is being installed?…that we really do wonder how one can save money before the money saving gear is in place?
March 19, 2012
4:00 p.m.
C. K. Newsome Community Center
100 E. Walnut Street
Evansville, IN 47713
ROOM 118 A & B
Agenda
I. Call to Order
II. Minutes – February 12, 2012
Old Business – Greenway Update
a) Industrial Corridor – Boberg
a. Phase 4
b) Report on New Greenway Trails and Bike Lanes – Boberg
a. Arts, Glenwood, Hi Rail, Urban Enterprise Corridor
b. Mid Levee Corridor
c. Garvin/Governor Stringtown Bike Lanes
d. Riverside/Pollack Bikeways
e. Covert Connector Corridor
c) Report on Greenway Operation and Maintenance Funds – Sartore/Boberg
d) Report from Committee on Maintenance Groups Study – Heiman
IV. ETC Report – Roberta Heiman
V. New Business
a) Greenway Survey Proposal – Boberg
v) Purchase New Pole Lights for Greenway – Boberg
c) Update on Lights at the Shirley James Gateway Plaza. – Boberg
d) Greenway Brochures – Libs
e) Purchase Flowers for Greenway – Boberg
f) Any Other Business the Advisory Board Wishes to Discuss
The University of Evansville Department of Theatre opens The Rimers of Eldritch, by Lanford Wilson, Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the May Studio Theatre. The show will continue with performances at 7:30 p.m. on March 17, 19, 20, 21 and 22, and at 2:00 p.m. on March 18. The Rimers of Eldritch is a dark drama exploring the dangers of gossip and hypocrisy in a small, decaying coal town.
Patti Miller, a senior theatre education major from Arlington, Texas, directs the play. The cast includes senior Kerry Sheridan of Weatherford, Texas; juniors Jenna Anderson from Arlington, Texas; Aaron Fentress from Henderson, Nevada; Myra Lamphier from Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Rosa Palmeri from Putney, Vermont; Natalie Rich from Louisville, Kentucky; Ben Theobald from Louisville, Kentucky; sophomores Ross DeWitt from Owensboro, Kentucky; Alex Raby from Sheridan, Indiana; Spencer Shain from Lenexa, Kansas; and freshmen Robin Coppock from Richland, Washington; Chris Hailey from Friendswood, Texas; Olivia Hebert from Arlington, Texas; Jessica Intner from Marietta, Georgia; Aaron Johnson from Floyds Knobs, Indiana; Oriana Lada from St. Paul, Minnesota; and Natalie Tischler from Houston, Texas.
The all-student creative team for The Rimers of Eldritch includes scenic design by junior D’Vaughn Agu, from Grapevine, Texas; lighting design by junior Mary Lana Rice, from Memphis, Tennessee; costume design by junior Maria Smith, from Elberfeld, Indiana; and sound design by sophomore Dylan Kind, from San Antonio, Texas.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for senior adults, students, and UE faculty and staff. UE students may pick up their free student rush ticket beginning at 12 noon on the day of the performance they wish to attend. Seating is very limited. For reservations, call the ticket office at 812-488-2031.
