05-12-2017, 05:30 AM
Questions to the critics of TMT (gypsy and others) from a less-informed Punatalk commentator so some of us can better understand this issue.
1. Are you not only opposing TMT construction but asking for the removal all telescopes on Maunakea?
2. If TMT project is withdrawn, are you adamant that you are going to continue protesting for all telescopes’ removal?
(Can someone give the number of existing telescopes for discussion purposes? I believe this topic might be complicated by one or more telescopes having an array of subsidiary structures, leading to some disagreement over the exact number of telescope sites.)
3. If you concede to allowing the existing telescopes to remain, would you allow the periodic decommissioning of one (or more) older telescopes and then replacing them with newer (technologically advanced) telescopes?
(I believe this might have been or is being proposed by TMT proponents. One of the concepts here, I believe, is that the reuse of sites would minimize further damage to the mountain environment.)
4. I understand that there might be issues related to the TMT permit process (improperly expedited?), but that is a separate issue.
Questions 1-3 are long-term questions. What are the positions of the TMT opponents here?
Thank you for the clarification.
1. Are you not only opposing TMT construction but asking for the removal all telescopes on Maunakea?
2. If TMT project is withdrawn, are you adamant that you are going to continue protesting for all telescopes’ removal?
(Can someone give the number of existing telescopes for discussion purposes? I believe this topic might be complicated by one or more telescopes having an array of subsidiary structures, leading to some disagreement over the exact number of telescope sites.)
3. If you concede to allowing the existing telescopes to remain, would you allow the periodic decommissioning of one (or more) older telescopes and then replacing them with newer (technologically advanced) telescopes?
(I believe this might have been or is being proposed by TMT proponents. One of the concepts here, I believe, is that the reuse of sites would minimize further damage to the mountain environment.)
4. I understand that there might be issues related to the TMT permit process (improperly expedited?), but that is a separate issue.
Questions 1-3 are long-term questions. What are the positions of the TMT opponents here?
Thank you for the clarification.