09-01-2013, 05:44 PM
There are lots of other places on the island to build houses - there aren't a lot of other places (known) on the island to access a geothermal resource. If/when there are, I expect that they will become the preferred location for investment in resource development. My point in responding to microage97 wasn't really to defend the development of geothermal in lower Puna, it was an attempt to make the point that there were greater risks to buying/building in Leilani Estates than the geothermal plant. And I stand by that assertion - no way I would risk much of my net worth on a rift zone as active as Kilauea's is.
"I dont think PGV knows where the the safer spots are" Really? So they accidentally put all their expensive hardware on top of a pu'u? or maybe they liked the view up there? It's where I'd build - if I HAD to build in the rift zone. But I don't, so I stay out of the rift zone - and advise anyone that asks to do the same thing.
"I dont think PGV knows where the the safer spots are" Really? So they accidentally put all their expensive hardware on top of a pu'u? or maybe they liked the view up there? It's where I'd build - if I HAD to build in the rift zone. But I don't, so I stay out of the rift zone - and advise anyone that asks to do the same thing.