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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Calibri>Unfortunately Todd, it seems that
even among the Wrenches we are in the minority. It was not too long ago that the
list was filled with posts to call your congress critter to pass the solar
"stimulus" bill.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Calibri>Too bad that so few people recall
what happened the last time the government had large solar subsidies. I bet that
less than 2% of those companies started up then are still in
business.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Calibri>And lately we have been seeing a
lot of inquiries very similar to your experience with the group you refer to.
And a quick internet search will turn up thousands of pages about how 30 watts
of solar panels on the "next generation" car will save 43 trillion barrels of
oil.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=toddcory@finestplanet.com
href="mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com">Todd Cory</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Professional
conduct</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=+1><FONT face=Arial><SMALL>Unfortunately, this seems
more and more like the fiasco created by the DHW credits 25 years ago. Sadly,
this is what I expected and why I am opposed to incentive programs. Most
people have no clue about energy or resource depletion issues.<BR><BR>For
example, I was contacted by a group that runs the interpretative center at a
local I-5 rest stop. They wanted to "put solar" on their building to reduce
their power bill. As a part of the design/evaluation, I did a light energy
audit of the facility. Their average energy use is 125 kWh a day for a ~800 sq
foot building, open 12 hours a day! Everyone thinks we can add a few solar
panels to buildings and everything can continue business as usual. It is
frustrating to see the same old business as usual happening, while people
expect different
results.<BR><BR>Todd<BR><BR></SMALL></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>