11-07-2016, 05:28 AM
Protectors of Mauna Kea should pay very close attention to the standing rock situation and how it's being handled by Corporate America and the military.
No. Scientific research cannot be meaningfully compared to energy resource exploitation. Even the $1.4B construction budget is pocket change compared to Big Oil. There is approximately zero possibility of corporate or military involvement.
"The community" really needs to start thinking about what happens if the TMT isn't built -- the island is about to be branded "hostile to business" (as if there was any doubt), once outside investors stop bringing money to the economy, it will be up to us to make up the difference, probably with tax and price increases.
No. Scientific research cannot be meaningfully compared to energy resource exploitation. Even the $1.4B construction budget is pocket change compared to Big Oil. There is approximately zero possibility of corporate or military involvement.
"The community" really needs to start thinking about what happens if the TMT isn't built -- the island is about to be branded "hostile to business" (as if there was any doubt), once outside investors stop bringing money to the economy, it will be up to us to make up the difference, probably with tax and price increases.