A wrenches convention [RE-wrenches]

[Jim Hartley]

tom wrote:
> Wendy is having a wang dang doodle solar seminar on April 6,7 at Dankoff 
> solar.  How many wrenches are going.  We need to think about a wrenches 
> convention on April 8, or after hours on the 6th or 7th.  I think 
> President Shrubs administration is going to let Chewbacca-(Cheney's) oil 
> and gas buddies drill in Alaska and all over the place.  They'll pass 
> this legislation by fooling the public that they are also passing 
> legislation to support renewable energy.  All the money and support in 
> grants, tax credits, etc.  will  go to large corporate interest and 
> major utilities.  Read the Wall Street Journal-The oil stains are on the 
> wall for you shaman solar guys to read.  We need to form a large 
> collective buying and professional group to get buying leverage from the 
> major suppliers or inverters, solar modules, etc.  Its'' not going to be 
> like 1979 to 1985 (Carter Era Policy), when the little guys got the 
> benefits of the tax credits.  Chewbacca crowd doesn't even recognize you 
> unless your a billion dollar enterprise.  

Coupled to these possible concerns is another one which troubles me a 
bit, that being how well the nascent PV grid-tie programs for mainstream 
America work out.  What with the numerous observations about finicky 
inverter product reliability [etc.], you have to wonder at times if a 
lot of this commotion isn't a bit premature.  If this PV industry of 
ours doesn't perform well at that, this could open doors for massive 
co-option of that mismanaged potential.  After all, there are tons of 
prospective clients but not that many of us.  Am I wrong?  If this gets 
bungled up, the big boys will sniff out the problem really soon and 
figure there's a nice opportunity for them there too.  Or, they can just 
point to that experience so as to deligitimize the entire effort.  
Looking through a glass darkly.

  I'm sure Wendy will provide plenty of cervesas for a social hour.

Does he [Windy] perform wedding ceremonies too?  I may be getting 
married about then.    




Jim Hartley
http://www.homestead-specialties.com
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