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I want to focus on the future.

A common business trope says “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it’s been.” The implication of this famous Gretzky statement is to pay attention to the dynamics of the game to anticipate where the puck will be and skate there. Ideally, you’ll arrive ahead of it or just as it arrives and be set, ready to shoot and score.

Gretzky also had the gumption to skate to where the puck wasn’t. That’s not easy. To trust your instincts and begin to move in a direction that doesn’t seem obvious to the casual observer takes guts. Unfortunately, companies — and governments — mistake chasing a puck that’s already in motion with “skating to where it’s going.” That doesn’t work, and I don’t believe it’s what the Gretzky statement means. I think it means we need to pay attention, anticipate, and have the guts to move in a direction casual observers wouldn’t expect.

This brings me back to the GTH. If we have honestly been paying attention to the global game, we would notice all kinds of indications that there are about to be massive opportunities associated with green technology.

Solar and wind technologies and associated opportunities have been growing exponentially for decades, but recently that growth has become impossible to ignore.

Hydrogen is rightfully seen as a high density fuel that addresses many shortcomings associated with intermittent power sources like solar and wind, and can be created, sustainably (ironically, by solar and wind).