TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[kalakoa]

why aren't the protectors protecting the 1/3 of Oahu occupied by the US military?

"Selective protection" suggests that none of the following are "desecration":

The resorts (which burn more power than TMT ever could).

Cruise ships dumping sewage into the bay.

(For that matter, County sewer connections draining into the bay. Or the many cesspools.)

HELCO's oil-fired generators.

Managing vegetation with dangerous poisons.

The once calm and peaceful Mauna Kea summit area that was Kapu for most

So: "traditional cultural practice" would forbid most people from visiting the summit.

open season for tour vans full of tourists taking pictures of everything including the Hawaiians possibly

As noted, legitimate authentic "cultural practices" would never happen at the summit, so it's hardly "possible" that the tourists could take pictures of Hawaiians there. Unless these are "fake" Hawaiians putting on a show for the tourists? At 14000 feet. With oxygen masks. Traditional ones like the auli'i used to wear.

China or India may have other intentions over the next 70 years, or gain helpful data or intelligence from Hawaii's Tmt

Correct: China and/or India probably intend to get off this planet and stake a claim on the nearest habitable system; data from TMT would be extremely valuable. Meanwhile, the USians will still be arguing about which "tradition" has the "rights".

Maybe if we're really really lucky, South Park will lampoon the whole TMT debacle.