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mahina

(17,775 posts) Fri Jul 21, 2023, 06:41 PM Jul 2023

Oahu offshore floating wind turbines research buoy deployed

http://www.ililani.media/2023/07/oahu-offshore-floating-wind-turbines.html?fbclid=IwAR1DhiNkPTr5fDBiamTZJdIN8rIzfQ-Uk0_aDXH7XOGziOd3oDANp39ll1g_aem_ARO1kJA-2vEpDhQmEBueQbx2KB3WpfSWqv47RFC8C8dSjPCVBYW3LPdZaaYrG_lzcZM&m=1

Posted on July 13, 2023, by Henry Curtis

Hawaii has a mandate to generate all its electricity from renewable energy by 2045

The simplest solution is to pass a law saying everything is renewable and we have already reached our goal. This is not as crazy as it sounds. Every state with a 100% renewable energy goal has a different definition of renewable energy. And many of the states, including Hawai`i, current assert that some fossil fuels can count as renewable energy.

If O`ahu, with its large population, commercial establishments, tourism, and military facilities, can reach 100% renewable energy, then every Hawai`i island can do so.

About ten solutions have been proposed for O`ahu. The two leading candidates are centralized and distributed solar, and solar combined with offshore wind. Wind is an option for those who want to preserve open space and/or promote diversified agriculture. Floating offshore wind platforms would be located 12 miles off the coast. Due to resource availability, cultural concerns, military concerns, and shipping lanes, the most likely spot is off Kailua. The undersea transmission lines could interconnect to two windward substations.

Much more at the link

God bless Henry Curtis

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Oahu offshore floating wind turbines research buoy deployed (Original Post) mahina Jul 2023 OP

well.... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #1

You see the problem that Henry and the rest of us have been fighting too mahina Jul 2023 #2

for some reason... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #3

Think. Again.

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1. well....

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 08:33 PM

Jul 2023

From the article:

"Hawaii has a mandate to generate all its electricity from renewable energy by 2045

The simplest solution is to pass a law saying everything is renewable and we have already reached our goal. This is not as crazy as it sounds."

Well, actually, creating new meaningless definitions of english language words that reflect the opposite of their well-established and widely recognized definitions, really is pretty "crazy" in a Kellyann Conway "alternatives facts" kinda way.

mahina

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2. You see the problem that Henry and the rest of us have been fighting too

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 10:08 PM

Jul 2023

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That’s not his solution, he is exposing that bullshit

As he has done for decades

At one point quite a few years back, the definition of renewable in the state included coal!

It was written by a lobbyist for Hawaiian Electric

Henry exposed that as well as outing Hawaiian Electric, for installing “aides” (lovbyists) in our state legislators’ offices that were on leave from their jobs at Hawaiian Electric, on full salary, provided “free” to our legislators. The national renewable folks that I talk to couldn’t believe that that was legal, but it was here. You would go talk to your legislator with this aide beside him that you thought worked for us, have your meeting, say your piece and leave at which point the Heco lobbyist would presumably tell the legislator their answer. The deeply shitty part is I was not there to tell Hawaiian electric. I was there to tell my legislator, so my privacy was invaded daily, mine and many others. And this went on every day in every legislative office for years!

It is only not done now because of Henry Curtis.

Think. Again.

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3. for some reason...

Reply to mahina (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 10:15 PM

Jul 2023

..I can't access the original article.

My apologies if I've taken that excerpt out of context.

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