02-09-2015, 06:13 AM
Well if we are back to our spitting and mud flinging ways, I want some.
Ironyak you have been awesome throughout these geothermal discussions, providing several dozen well worth the reading links. I agree Harry Kim may not be an expert at geothermal drilling, he has his past experiences with them and an opinion, I do care to listen when he speaks.
TomK you a true gentleman, thank you.
Experts on this type of geothermal experimental drilling we have here in Puna are rare, they usually don't live here either. Experts need readings, numbers, and facts to help determine or make their best guesses. This Ormat owned and operated geothermal plant in Puna has been very sneaky and dirty for decades now. Can't trust much that comes from their profit lined pockets, they have not even had working air monitors during blowouts or releases. They have made promises to the community many times, yet very rarely do they follow up and complete them.
Their experts once said a poisonous blowout at this plant was a 1 in a thousand chance. Do we as a community need to wonder how unlucky we really are, or can we think this dirty neighbor may not really know all that much about hawaiian aina after all?
This position we are all in now as a community (many lawsuits), was caused by our state and county allowing geothermal to remain, or become a neighbor. It may be time to move the plant again, this time finding a better place to cause less damage to the environment and its good people, jmo. Why was this experimental drilling moved a couple times in the past? Well geothermal experts should recognize the patterns by now and encourage a few changes for the better. If geothermal can drill on Maui or in Kona now with their very advanced 20th century technology, well then our community asking them(Ormat) to move up mountain a few miles and continue production seems like a logical and practical request.
Ironyak you have been awesome throughout these geothermal discussions, providing several dozen well worth the reading links. I agree Harry Kim may not be an expert at geothermal drilling, he has his past experiences with them and an opinion, I do care to listen when he speaks.
TomK you a true gentleman, thank you.
Experts on this type of geothermal experimental drilling we have here in Puna are rare, they usually don't live here either. Experts need readings, numbers, and facts to help determine or make their best guesses. This Ormat owned and operated geothermal plant in Puna has been very sneaky and dirty for decades now. Can't trust much that comes from their profit lined pockets, they have not even had working air monitors during blowouts or releases. They have made promises to the community many times, yet very rarely do they follow up and complete them.
Their experts once said a poisonous blowout at this plant was a 1 in a thousand chance. Do we as a community need to wonder how unlucky we really are, or can we think this dirty neighbor may not really know all that much about hawaiian aina after all?
This position we are all in now as a community (many lawsuits), was caused by our state and county allowing geothermal to remain, or become a neighbor. It may be time to move the plant again, this time finding a better place to cause less damage to the environment and its good people, jmo. Why was this experimental drilling moved a couple times in the past? Well geothermal experts should recognize the patterns by now and encourage a few changes for the better. If geothermal can drill on Maui or in Kona now with their very advanced 20th century technology, well then our community asking them(Ormat) to move up mountain a few miles and continue production seems like a logical and practical request.