[Permatopia] Solar Energy Town Hall meeting Wed., APRIL 1 at 6 pm at Lawrence Hall, U of O,

[Stephen Brenner]

Hi Kathy,

The consolation prize for not doing early adoption is that the efficiency 
and cost/benefit of today’s solar cells has increased markedly from the 80’s.

Steve

On Mar 22, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Kathy Ging <kathy at kathyging.com> wrote:

> NO KIDDING, folks, solar energy in the early 80s could have provided FIFTY PERCENT of Oregon's domestic
> water and space heating needs - 
> 
> but due to a leadership vacuum and IOUs (investor owned utilities) dominating Oregon and US energy policy - 
> we dragged our feet.  NOW we have an opportunity to tap an unlimited power
> source as more people learn about Distributed Generation - which utilities like to call disruptive energy -
> but which we had called decentralized power, on-site, neighborhood and community energy!
> 
> Pls. learn about bills in front of the OREGON LEGISLATURE now that need your advocacy - and read below to sign the online note to Legislators!
> 
> (Did you know that solar radiation has increased in Oregon by 10-15% in the last 20 years? 
> The snow pack is at almost historical lows - let us escalate the use of solar energy. I love my solar water heater
> although now many consider solar electric rather than solar thermal to be a wiser use of solar!  
> The snow pack is about 14% of average here, 12% in CA and 16% in WA. Yet we are wasting solar energy by NOT using it!)
> ~~~
> 
> A Solar Energy Town Hall meeting will be held in Eugene Wednesday, APRIL 1 at 6 pm at 
> Lawrence Hall, U of O, Room 115 (across from the Erb Memorial Union) sponsored by Environment Oregon
> 
> The poster says:  Learn how you can help bring 10 times more solar energy to Oregon!
> 
> organized by Charlotte at EnvironmentOregon.org and by a student at UO 3PM Department, Caitlin.
> 
> 
> Pls. attend the Solar Energy Town Hall Meeting - 
> 
> we in Eugene area own the largest publicly owned utility in Oregon, EWEB,
> 
> but we are NOT in the vanguard of solar energy incentives and programs. 
> 
> 
> Also, The Energy Network Group, an ad hoc citizen group, is being revived and will meet with EWEB staff at the end of
> 
> March - many solar energy contractors and activists will attend. 
> 
> If you want to come or know someone who would like to be there, email me for details: kathy at kathyging.com  541-342-8461. 
>  
> (Energy Network Group organized the three Lane County Energy Round-Ups in 2007-08.)
> 
> 
> The use of solar  and wind energy has tripled since 2008, and the price of Solar Electric cells aka PVs has been going down in recent years. 
> 
> We need to lobby Oregon Legislators to pass solar energy bills now in front of them!
> 
> SOLAR, unlike WIND - is decentralized. 
> 
> Utilities, especially PUBLICLY OWNED ones like EWEB, need to embrace and not feel threatened by the new paradigm.
> 
> WE, the ratepayer-owners, not out-of-state investors, OWN our utility!
> 
> ~~~
> 
> Pls. sign the online message to your Oregon Legislators - afterwards, names of your reps show up after you put in zip code.
> 
> If unable to copy/paste the web site below - go to EnvironmentOregon.org
> to the solar energy message.  Environment Oregon supports the preservation
> of our natural resources and wonders and has been promoting renewable energy sources in recent years and
> wants to repower Oregon with solar energy.
> 
> 
> _Environment Oregon is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. 
> Our professional staff combines independent research, practical ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of
> 
> powerful special interests and win real results for Oregon’s environment. 
> 
> Environment Oregon draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state's top environmental problems._
>  
> https://environmentoregon.webaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9613&__utma=1.770870747.1414961709.1420750402.1420759298.16&__utmb=1.12.10.1420759298&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1420657317.12.2.utmcsr%3Denvironmentmaine.org%7Cutmccn%3D%28referral%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dreferral%7Cutmcct%3D/node/31471/clone&__utmv=-&__utmk=52567208&__utma=1.613900326.1426093741.1426096677.1427056453.3&__utmb=1.8.10.1427056453&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1426093741.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=environment%20oregon&__utmv=-&__utmk=107219202
> 
> 
> p.s. you can join Environment Oregon for $25 or less!
> 
>> 
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