Geothermal

[geochem]

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle

that is nice - maybe an extended stay would help the research as Iceland is bankrupt due to bad decision making. I understand they have geo thermal - they also live on an ice covered rock, not my first choice.

Icelandic people very closely related. Another big source of income is medical/genetic studies paid for by big pharma - poor b*****ds are broke need to do what ever they can for cash from the rich countries

We have solar options here in Hawaii being at latitude 20 does have its advantages

https://www.nordisketax.net/main.asp?url=files/isl/eng/i07.asp&c=isl&l=eng&m=02

have a peek at Icelandic tax rates - one krona worth about 1.25 u$

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Bullwinkle,
I would offer a somewhat different perspective on our Icelandic friends: they allowed a small number of people, driven by the their own self-interest, to set economic policy that affected the entire country and economy.

My perception of those opposed to geothermal is a very similar situation: a small number of individuals, driven by their desire to protect their "back yard" want the right to set the energy policy for the entire state of Hawaii. You keep touting solar and wind when neither has any hope of being an acceptable and/or economic alternative to oil - or geothermal - until the utility-scale storage issue has been resolved. And ice storage isn't even part of the question much less the solution.