The ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY ASSOCIATION There IS Something that YOU Can DO!	Our goal is to give a unified voice to those seeking to affect positive change by supporting the transition to environmentally sustainable energies.

THE PRESIDENTS POSITION

Now is the time - we can stand up, or give up! 

  I studied renewable energies in college and have been involved in the solar industry for over 35 years now. 20 years ago, on Sept. 23rd, after years of hard work by a dedicated group of people, AB1890 was passed. A flawed bill by all accounts but it finally opened the door to allow grid tie systems. Since then it’s been a roller-coaster of ups and downs as we struggle to hang on, losing most of what we fought so hard to gain. However, you don’t need me to tell you, nothing comes close to what we face now!!

  By now most of us had hoped that clean distributed energy would be the norm. Rather than be facing gradual elimination. We live in a world where the potential for clean energy and the money to be made is practically limitless, and yet our very existence is threatened. This should not be, and has to stop. The carbon fuel industry has a stranglehold with almost limitless money to protect the status quo.  BUT there is one thing politicians love more than money..... Power.

  Real power comes from people, committed people. The NRA wields that kind of power. With numbers of noisy, active supporters and money from gun manufactures, they stopped gun reform dead in its tracks, even after children were slaughtered at their desks, in school!! I believe we can rally even more people, plus we have manufacturers with far more to gain than a few self-serving gun manufactures do. And we have something far more powerful on our side than just fear - the tool of the NRA. Something that small group of people that I was proud to be with in CA. had over 30 years ago - Truth and the vision of a future which benefits mankind for generations to come. Imagine being a part of a group working for good that is larger and stronger than the NRA!

  We are at the crossroads and now’s the time to act. There are a number of groups doing great work; we intend to work with them. The EEA is a universal organization with a low cost to join and the purpose of bringing together under one umbrella a large number of people. We intend to use all available resources to provide the truth about energy, the good news as well as the bad, and present it in a way to stir action and make it easy to be involved. Most people I talk to have no idea of the assault net metering is under, or the backward view taken by many states. We must do better. I believe the more people know about what is going on, as well as what is possible, the more they will demand change.

  If we succeed, the victories of the past, like the industry we know today, will seem small. And what the carbon industry fears most will become reality.... Big Green will be born. They know the potential for clean green energy is limitless while their industry is not! Imagine our profits surpassing and moving ahead of theirs as they are forced to spend money trying to clean up the mess they made!!!  

  Can you imagine if we fail; more destruction, more pollution, more of the death fossil fuel brings to the planet? We must come together; after all, they have. I’m asking for your help now. I remember when Reagan took office; a lot of people just gave up, closed up. Question is will history repeat?

  So, with all you know…. will you stand up, or give up?

The Power of the People is Greater than the People in Power.
Wael Ghonim
Google executive