Trace UL and stupidity [RE-wrenches] + Islanding Patent

[Joel Davidson]

Dear Rob,

The PV industry needs more self-appointed experts like a space station needs
screen doors.

Bush entered the presidential campaign on Republican party platform planks for
business renewable energy incentives and residential solar tax credits, but pro-
and anti-solar factions put riders on any simple legislation and the mess gets
lost in committee. In my darker moments, I'm inclined to give the Republicans
access to Alaskan oil if they will approve 25% business and residential tax
credits. It will take 10 years to develop the oil fields and by that time it
will either be illegal to pump oil through a wildlife area or the oil will be
worth more as medicine, chemicals and plastics than burning it up in about a
week in internal combustion engines.

Today's rhetorical question: If people get more patient as they get older, why
am I increasingly impatient for the dawn of the solar age?

Stay warm and happy.
Joel Davidson

Rob Wills wrote:

> Joel - thanks for your response.  We've both been working in this industry
> for 20 years.  I am reminded of the old saying "how do you make a small
> fortune in the solar industry?" - Start with a big one..
>
> RW
>
> PS National Public Radio had a show on wind energy this morning, with Lester
> Brown (World Watch) and Randy Swisher (AWEA).
> The interesting thing that they mentioned was that Texas has the highest
> growth of renewables in the country (500% increase in wind), and this is due
> to the law that Governor George W. signed in '99 requiring a small part of
> utility generation to be renewable.  Let's hope that he follows the same
> policy nationally.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Davidson [mailto:joeldavidson at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:11 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Re: Trace UL and stupidity [RE-wrenches] + Islanding Patent
>
> Rob,
>
> Thanks for explaining the events that led to getting your patent. Your
> forthcoming attitude reminds me of open information sharing that JPL
> Pasadena
> facilitated before Reagan PV R&D cuts. Yesterday a friend showed me his copy
> of
> "Legislative Developments in Solar Energy During 1980." Old PVers hope that
> young Bush will not follow in old Republicans footsteps, but the first
> sentences
> of this report may be sadly foreboding.
>
> "On June 20, 1979, President Carter committed the Nation to a goal of
> meeting
> one fifth of our energy needs with solar and renewable resources by the end
> of
> the century. Since establishing that goal, the complexion of the energy
> scene in
> the United States has been changed by legislation and political events.
> Though
> the impact of Ronald Reagan's election cannot be minimized, it is difficult
> to
> assess in advance the ultimate affect it will have on the future of solar
> energy."
>
> (When will they ever learn?)
>
> Best regards,
> Joel Davidson
>
> Rob Wills wrote:
>
> > Bill - I would like to set the record straight on this.
>
> <snip>
>
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