08-30-2014, 03:31 AM
Kathy says;
"OK as long as life goes on at the normal slow pace, but when something big happens, and all you have to go to work on it is people who are used to walking just fast enough to stay in one place and a little bit more, you're in trouble."
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No need to insult the workers Kathy; I think they have risen to the recent emergency in grand fashion. As far as past HELCO job strategies; I don't blame the workers there either. They don't make their own work orders.
The problem is HELCO's stubborn reliance on a 19th century electrical transmission technology. Their managers have chosen control and profit over modernization and dependability. If they would have started investing in mini grids and individual home/neighborhood power systems as the technology emerged, we wouldn't have had the problems we had. Instead of tens of thousands without power, we'd have had hundreds.
"OK as long as life goes on at the normal slow pace, but when something big happens, and all you have to go to work on it is people who are used to walking just fast enough to stay in one place and a little bit more, you're in trouble."
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No need to insult the workers Kathy; I think they have risen to the recent emergency in grand fashion. As far as past HELCO job strategies; I don't blame the workers there either. They don't make their own work orders.
The problem is HELCO's stubborn reliance on a 19th century electrical transmission technology. Their managers have chosen control and profit over modernization and dependability. If they would have started investing in mini grids and individual home/neighborhood power systems as the technology emerged, we wouldn't have had the problems we had. Instead of tens of thousands without power, we'd have had hundreds.