08-06-2015, 06:34 AM
Hawaii has been spewing volcanic gasses for as long as they have been forming. The Ohia trees have thrived around these parts of Puna for centuries, even lived through major eruptions near by. Ground Zero for this outbreak of dead Ohia is centered around the Puna geothermal power plant, and not down wind of Puu'o or the summit. Geothermal pumping could change the temperatures of our ground water a few degrees, which could effect the most sensitive trees first?,jmo.
Jmo, belief, theory, and two cents here.
Puna Geothermal was having problems for some time with their biggest long term producing well, losing production or steamfrom thousands of feet below. This was acknowledged by Mike k. The plant manager, part of his reasoning to drill another well immediately at the beginning of this year. That continued loss of production may have been making its way up to the surface through the porous crack and lava tube system dispersing around the geothermal plant?
Does Puna check the under ground water aquifers for possible temperature changes? Especially since geothermal uses thousands if not millions of gallons of this resource to help produce some of the hottest steam for electricity in the world? Is their any past water sampling data to compare with, maybe from past environmental or health studies done in this geothermal power plants area?
Jmo, belief, theory, and two cents here.
Puna Geothermal was having problems for some time with their biggest long term producing well, losing production or steamfrom thousands of feet below. This was acknowledged by Mike k. The plant manager, part of his reasoning to drill another well immediately at the beginning of this year. That continued loss of production may have been making its way up to the surface through the porous crack and lava tube system dispersing around the geothermal plant?
Does Puna check the under ground water aquifers for possible temperature changes? Especially since geothermal uses thousands if not millions of gallons of this resource to help produce some of the hottest steam for electricity in the world? Is their any past water sampling data to compare with, maybe from past environmental or health studies done in this geothermal power plants area?