Thank you Alan and John. Yes Alan, I agree, but what I am suggesting is that we mobilize as an industry. As ASES members we only partly represent our voting block. As you know ASES members tend to be on the academic side, the tech side, the government side, etc. Our blue collar brothers and sisters who are climbing around on rooftops tend to work with solar sales organizations who mostly don't even know about ASES.
We're facing a full on assault with Supreme Court case West Virginia vs EPA. But they won't stop there. Actually, beyond our industry, we should join hands with SUN (Solar United Neighbors--who represent homeowners and businesses that have solar panels) and all solar panel users in our fragile democracy.
Many of us are working in this industry because we understand we have no choice but to seek pragmatic solutions to our energy problem, specifically an economy largely controlled by big oil, big pharma, banks and the power elite. One rooftop at a time, we are actually making change, not just wondering how.
The Chairman of the Board of the US Solar Coalition and myself, realize we need to be cautious how we tread into this hornet's nest, but we are also realists and warriors and we're not afraid of a good fight.
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Winston RILEY
Executive Director
US Solar Coalition
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-30-2022 09:21 AM
From: Alan Dierker
Subject: Delicate yet important
Realistically the easiest way to move forward is probably raising our renewable energy standard in Missouri. It is due for an update anyway.
Regards,
Alan Dierker, CPA
Original Message:
Sent: 6/29/2022 12:13:00 PM
From: Winston RILEY
Subject: Delicate yet important
Most of us are tuned into the hearings and also distressed over Supreme Court news. Now we hear about the case before them of West Virginia vs EPA. If successful the suit will cripple federal legislation addressing climate change.
We're not a political association. I get that. But we're in this work for a reason and presently our work is being targeted by, as Noam Chomsky put as as far back as 2016, "the most dangerous organization in world history."
I'll leave that to your imagination, to whom he is referring or "to what" he is referring. Perhaps we need to discuss strategy and tactics to meet these challenges somewhere else.
But if anyone is interested in this conversation, I'm also interested in pragmatic approaches to engagement, as a block of like minded souls.
Thank you
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Captain SolWinston Riley
816-207-9899