Will the new flow put an end to more geothermal?

[pahoated]

Between the anti-geothermal and religious solar panel walking commercials, my memory is not so short as to forget that long rainy period we had earlier in the year, multiple storms, and the solar panel people suddenly shut up for about 3 weeks. Then, as the sun started shining again, just as with range roosters, the crowing starts up again.

These climate changes can't be generalized beyond a broad sense. One, we are getting much fewer trade winds. The east wind is pretty constant though. It could suddenly turn much wetter, with the weeks of rain Hilo used to be known for. Then, where is your "off the grid" solar PV? We know, everybody fires up their generators.

So, please, where is the "grid is dead" power distribution system which so many of you prattle on about? If you are thinking of Tesla's wireless transfer of power, think about this. Have you been by a large Tesla coil over 6 feet tall? It basically throws lightning bolts to transfer power over a few feet. Those bolts come with a piercing crack sound, crackling. Now, imagine what Tesla was trying to build, a Tesla coil over 300 feet tall. With his experiments at Colorado springs, he was able to transmit power wirelessly over 20 miles with a 150 foot tower. Think of the lightning bolt sonic booms coming from a 300 foot towere. Also, his tower only transmitted power, it was not a power source. He was going to feed it from generators at Niagra falls.

So, where is this no-grid power source that seems to be a constant babble here and other Hawaiian energy forums.

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