VIASPACE Press Release

VIASPACE HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN ?GIANT KING GRASS DEFEATS HITLER? VIRAL INTERNET VIDEO

11/24/2010

Amusing Video, But VIASPACE Did Not Create It

Irvine, CA USA-November 24, 2010-VIASPACE Chief Executive, Dr. Carl Kukkonen reports, "We have received numerous inquires about a new viral video featuring Giant King Grass on the Internet --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwOWdHGwQBg. VIASPACE did not contribute to the video.  Nor does management know who produced it.  We do not endorse its contents.  However, we do wish that we could have helped defeat Hitler and we do want to promote world peace."

Information on VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC) and its renewable energy subsidiary, VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF), can be found on the new website focusing on Giant King Grass. The website can be accessed at http://www.viaspacegreenenergy.com/ or http://www.vgref.com/ or through http://www.viaspace.com/.

About VIASPACE Inc.

VIASPACE is a clean energy company providing products and technology for renewable and alternative energy that reduce or eliminate dependence on fossil and high-pollutant energy sources. Through its majority-owned subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc., the Company grows Giant King Grass as a low-carbon fuel for electricity generating power plants, as a feedstock for bio methane production and cellulosic biofuels, and for other low-carbon, renewable energy products. VIASPACE recently introduced its Green Log^TM fireplace and campfire log product. For more information, please go to http://www.viaspace.com/ or contact Dr. Jan Vandersande, Director of Communications, at 800-517-8050 or [email protected]

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