08-15-2018, 12:39 PM
No gold. No diamonds. 
Not even any glyphosate...
The geothermal potential of Puna is huge. Now, with Kapoho under meters of lava, as well as a large portion of Pohoiki and Leilani, isn’t the time ripe to expand geothermal?
Reasonable buyouts for both covered properties and cut off properties, coupled with National Park status, and access to coastline for recreation as part of the deal, would make a sort of buffer zone for geothermal, as well as future flows.
The amount of money needed would be staggering, but that cheap electricity and the National Park status would maybe pay that bill...?
Providing the big island with much cleaner electricity would be, perhaps, the initial goal (yes, grid infrastructure would have to be upgraded at a huge cost). And if that all went forward well, I don’t see what the problem would be with eventually cabling more of the geothermal electricity to Oahu or Maui.
Except for the all your eggs in one basket problem.
I guess my point is that if geothermal in general, and cabling electricity off big island, are dismissed a priori as satanic ideas, we may be missing a chance to think of many cool future scenarios.
Assuming the fat lady has sung at least a chorus....
I posted way back when about what an eco-paradise the big island could be (geothermal powering light rail island wide, bubbling off hydrogen at night, nothing about surfing but those with imagination can add that in).
The obstacles of government corruption, citizens against virtually everything, libtards, tea party poopers, and nature’s wonderland, etc. are gigantic, but one can at least fantasize...?
Cheers,
Kirt
Not even any glyphosate...The geothermal potential of Puna is huge. Now, with Kapoho under meters of lava, as well as a large portion of Pohoiki and Leilani, isn’t the time ripe to expand geothermal?
Reasonable buyouts for both covered properties and cut off properties, coupled with National Park status, and access to coastline for recreation as part of the deal, would make a sort of buffer zone for geothermal, as well as future flows.
The amount of money needed would be staggering, but that cheap electricity and the National Park status would maybe pay that bill...?
Providing the big island with much cleaner electricity would be, perhaps, the initial goal (yes, grid infrastructure would have to be upgraded at a huge cost). And if that all went forward well, I don’t see what the problem would be with eventually cabling more of the geothermal electricity to Oahu or Maui.
Except for the all your eggs in one basket problem.
I guess my point is that if geothermal in general, and cabling electricity off big island, are dismissed a priori as satanic ideas, we may be missing a chance to think of many cool future scenarios.
Assuming the fat lady has sung at least a chorus....
I posted way back when about what an eco-paradise the big island could be (geothermal powering light rail island wide, bubbling off hydrogen at night, nothing about surfing but those with imagination can add that in).
The obstacles of government corruption, citizens against virtually everything, libtards, tea party poopers, and nature’s wonderland, etc. are gigantic, but one can at least fantasize...?
Cheers,
Kirt