04-19-2015, 05:04 PM
Leilanidude, howzit?. First, Pele needs no permit to do her thing here in lower Puna. Personally I see lava as somewhat "sacred", drilling into the chambers to harvest or take Pele's and her peoples resources just feels wrong. Maybe even some cooled lava flows should be left alone Too?.
With all the drilling being done in Puna the last 40 years, is it at all possible these dozens of wells of some 7-8,000 ft could lead to warmer ground temperature? With so many new deseases or fungus amongst us and our Ohia trees this past decade, makes me wonder. Of course I know lava is not going to make its way through the well very far, but maybe hotter gasses and or extra produced steam could? Also if Ormat is using Wells as injection wells, who knows how all that 4,000,000 gallons of water a day is being distributed 7,000 ft down?. They Could be dumping it and its toxic brine of chemicals onto or over a very large sensitive chamber of lava? This could cause environmental impacts not known or understood yet. Also Could any of these 3-500 year old lava tubes in the geothermal plant area of Puna have any type of rare or unknown plants, bugs, or other nature wonders that maybe one day could be affected by this constantly growing geothermal drilling activity?
As for Ormat or Puna's geothermal venture, it has been an experiment since day one at the nearby residents expense. Ormat has been sneaky, dishonest, dirty, cheap, and most importantly highly prone to accidents that can and have changed to many good peoples quality of life here in Puna's paradise. This drilling outfit has hurt this community in more ways than it has helped in my opinion. What have they given back to the communities they have taken from over the years? The reputation Ormat or geothermal has amongst most good local folks I know is not a good one.
The constant divide within the community caused from geothermal operations, the unknown health issues some have had to learn to live with, the nightmares or accidents, All the lies and repeated types of community disrespect shown.In return we get higher electrical rates, 4,000,000 gallons of wasted water a day, and multiple holes drilled into our baby volcano by experts. That doesnt feel like a good investment for my keiki's future HERE, jmo though.
With all the drilling being done in Puna the last 40 years, is it at all possible these dozens of wells of some 7-8,000 ft could lead to warmer ground temperature? With so many new deseases or fungus amongst us and our Ohia trees this past decade, makes me wonder. Of course I know lava is not going to make its way through the well very far, but maybe hotter gasses and or extra produced steam could? Also if Ormat is using Wells as injection wells, who knows how all that 4,000,000 gallons of water a day is being distributed 7,000 ft down?. They Could be dumping it and its toxic brine of chemicals onto or over a very large sensitive chamber of lava? This could cause environmental impacts not known or understood yet. Also Could any of these 3-500 year old lava tubes in the geothermal plant area of Puna have any type of rare or unknown plants, bugs, or other nature wonders that maybe one day could be affected by this constantly growing geothermal drilling activity?
As for Ormat or Puna's geothermal venture, it has been an experiment since day one at the nearby residents expense. Ormat has been sneaky, dishonest, dirty, cheap, and most importantly highly prone to accidents that can and have changed to many good peoples quality of life here in Puna's paradise. This drilling outfit has hurt this community in more ways than it has helped in my opinion. What have they given back to the communities they have taken from over the years? The reputation Ormat or geothermal has amongst most good local folks I know is not a good one.
The constant divide within the community caused from geothermal operations, the unknown health issues some have had to learn to live with, the nightmares or accidents, All the lies and repeated types of community disrespect shown.In return we get higher electrical rates, 4,000,000 gallons of wasted water a day, and multiple holes drilled into our baby volcano by experts. That doesnt feel like a good investment for my keiki's future HERE, jmo though.