11-28-2012, 06:59 PM
Hunt, after the Honolii Hydro EIS went to the Supreme Court in the early 1990's, Hawaii has not done anything further with public hydroelectric generation...which really does limit our choices of truly green, sustainable & long laster power generation facilities..
Added( Hydro plants on this island are within the "micro-hydro' label, as they are all fariry low generation facilities...when you think of hydro generation...)
I still think that the modeling question was blown out of proportion for the EIS, and that the real fear of changing sediment loads on the Honolii was made mute with the drastic change in the agriculture of the Honolii watershed during the 1990's from intensive sugar cane cropping to forestry... as far as I know, there has been no outcry about the sediment load change from that shift...so....was it a real concern or a NIMBY?
Added( Hydro plants on this island are within the "micro-hydro' label, as they are all fariry low generation facilities...when you think of hydro generation...)
I still think that the modeling question was blown out of proportion for the EIS, and that the real fear of changing sediment loads on the Honolii was made mute with the drastic change in the agriculture of the Honolii watershed during the 1990's from intensive sugar cane cropping to forestry... as far as I know, there has been no outcry about the sediment load change from that shift...so....was it a real concern or a NIMBY?