04-14-2013, 04:25 AM
Being against geothermal on the Big Island is, in effect, being for burning imported oil to create the electricity that the island needs. It also means being for the continuing HELCO rate charge increases that reflect the rising price of this imported oil. I'm sorry, but using solar, wind, hydro, etc. for electricity generation is just not going to come close to what the island requires (at least in the foreseeable future).
And what will happen when one of these tankers delivering the oil goes aground during a storm off Puna and ruins the coastline? What will the anti geothermal crowd say then?
Geothermal power plants operate safely all over the world. There is no reason why they couldn't be run safely on the Big Island.
-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".
And what will happen when one of these tankers delivering the oil goes aground during a storm off Puna and ruins the coastline? What will the anti geothermal crowd say then?
Geothermal power plants operate safely all over the world. There is no reason why they couldn't be run safely on the Big Island.
-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".
-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".