04-16-2013, 09:30 AM
I think the concept of there being a lot of oil imported to run our electrical generators may be wrong. Not sure, but, the way I have heard it is that crude oil comes into the islands to be refined into jet fuel on Oahu, which we all can understand the demand for that, and not really have alternatives to offer. And, that the fuel used to run our electrical generators is the waste product from making that jet fuel. If this is correct there is no crude oil being imported for our needs, and if we replace our use of petroleum based fuel then that waste will have to go somewhere.. and that in itself might become added costs we have to cover anyways.