12-11-2013, 01:26 PM
In a very practical way common sense would tell one not to put one's home in an active lava zone. The closest I was willing to get after my research twenty years ago was Lava Zone 2 - which is where I am. And I could still lose everything. People are afraid of PGV but they aren't afraid of the volcano which is a million times more threatening?
All over the country people are building homes in places our forefathers rejected because the hazards were too high.
Conversely common sense might tell one that the best place to put a geothermal plant is where there is active geothermal activity.
On both sides of that coin what is done is what is done. I know people who are building right now right next to the PGV plant. Some dozens of homes and hundreds of local lots have rather recently been destroyed by volcanic activity. There used to be a village in Kapoho. It was destroyed in 1960.
It is my opinion that our highest goal is to reduce dependency on oil as soon as possible. Oil consumption is slowly (or rapidly) killing our planet and it pains me that young Americans are dying merely (or perhaps mostly) to protect our interests in consuming oil. Ignoring those deaths and not taking them into consideration is callous and willfully ignorant. We have to choose our poisons as a society and for me that does not include letting someone else suffer and die for our self centered interests.
It is my opinion that this county made a huge mistake subdividing the east rift zone into small lots and it is a mistake that should be corrected - but very likely won't.
All over the country people are building homes in places our forefathers rejected because the hazards were too high.
Conversely common sense might tell one that the best place to put a geothermal plant is where there is active geothermal activity.
On both sides of that coin what is done is what is done. I know people who are building right now right next to the PGV plant. Some dozens of homes and hundreds of local lots have rather recently been destroyed by volcanic activity. There used to be a village in Kapoho. It was destroyed in 1960.
It is my opinion that our highest goal is to reduce dependency on oil as soon as possible. Oil consumption is slowly (or rapidly) killing our planet and it pains me that young Americans are dying merely (or perhaps mostly) to protect our interests in consuming oil. Ignoring those deaths and not taking them into consideration is callous and willfully ignorant. We have to choose our poisons as a society and for me that does not include letting someone else suffer and die for our self centered interests.
It is my opinion that this county made a huge mistake subdividing the east rift zone into small lots and it is a mistake that should be corrected - but very likely won't.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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