You missed it folks. You can’t make mega payback by investing in Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Yahoo (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT), or Cisco (CSCO) anymore. Those trains left the station a long time ago. By the time you thought about investing in them, it was probably too late.

Investors wondering where the next Google will come from should think about the trends that will shape our lives for the next ten or twenty years.

If there is one sector you can count on, it will be alternative energy: clean energy, energy storage, energy conservation, and the smart grid. The world’s population will surpass 7 billion people this year. More importantly, the number of people considered to be middle class is growing at a rapid rate, mostly due to improving quality of living in China and South Asia. Those new middle class want motorized vehicles and air conditioning. The demand for energy will be ramping quickly.

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