Solar Guerilla danger? [RE-wrenches]

[Jerry Caldwell]

wasn't this all started by tom's remark about guerilla
MARKETING?  i think y'all need to lighten up.

jerry
--- mmangelsdorf at hei.com wrote:
> I agree with Jeff.  While I can certainly understand
> the frustration many of
> us feel with their local utilities, going the
> guerilla route is a bad idea
> for an industry which is seeking to mainstream
> itself into the consciousness
> of the American public.  One or more black eyes,
> such as a house fire or an
> injury to utility personnel, to our nascent
> grid-connect industry would do
> great damage and more than off-set the good will and
> positive image we're
> trying so hard to establish.
> 
> Michael Welch: please do what you can to end this
> kind of HP spotlight on
> these well-meaning but dangerous solar, Commandante
> Marcos-type crusaders.
> 
> Marco Mangelsdorf
> ProVision Technologies
> Hilo, Hawai'i
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "My concern has been the general public will read
> these articles and
> think it means they can install systems any way they
> choose thinking
> this refers to safety codes in general.  I also felt
> glamorizing this
> activity in a national publication will come back
> and "bite" us all
> when an unsafe installation that was later found to
> be selling back
> without utility approval burns down a house and the
> utility holds this
> up as an example."
> 
> 
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