Ahead of the AGM yesterday, London AIM listed Voller Energy Plc issued a very upbeat statement. The group, "believes it is on course to be one of the first fuel cell companies in the world to reach profitability."

Voller also announced the resignation of Chief Technical Officer Mark Turpin after joining the group's technical team in February 2005. 

Hard-headed investors must like Voller's law :

"Consumers will not pay a premium to be environmentally friendly nor will they accept a performance degradation to be environmentally friendly".

I'm not sure it's true though.

Take a look at the Toyota Prius - not only are consumers paying a premium, it's pretty ugly too !