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Too bad for East Hawaii students...
Commented May 13, 2013 on TMT Offers High School Students Course on Observatory Careers at Ha Ha Ha!
TMT Offers High School Students Course on Observatory Careers
Richard Ha writes: The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) people are offering a summer "Observatory Career Exploration" session for West Hawai‘i high school students to learn about the range of observatory and other technical careers available here on the island. It will be held at Kealakehe High Sch...
Exactly --- the math just doesn't work. All of the opponents of Hu Honua are wasting their time complaining about increased traffic and the like --- instead, they should be demanding specifics regarding biofuel stock viability and long-term sustainability.
Commented Jun 11, 2010 on Geothermal Vs. Biomass at Ha Ha Ha!
Geothermal Vs. Biomass
Richard Ha writes: How Geothermal would work: Drill Bring up steam Turn turbine Make electricity Put in electric wires A 35-acre footprint makes 25 megawatts/hour. No emissions, and no fossil fuels are used to produce electricity. Geothermal costs approximately 11 cents per kilowatt hour. ...
I agree, and wish that Hu Honua was viable, but basically the local biomass premise is bogus --- this would have worked, possibly, if sugarcane was still being farmed, but short of that the math just doesn't work.
There are NO PRIVATE LANDS left with any substantial eucalyptus forests, therefore Hu Honua must rely on Bishop Estate property : has Bishop Estate agreed to the harvesting? Are leases in place?
Commented May 10, 2010 on Generating Electricity Is Not Hu Honua’s Biggest Challenge at Ha Ha Ha!
Generating Electricity Is Not Hu Honua’s Biggest Challenge
Richard Ha writes: From the Hawaii Tribune-Herald (5/7/10):Hu Honua Bioenergy LLC wants to take over the 1985 special management area or SMA permit that allowed the former Hilo Coast Processing Co. to operate a coal-burning power plant near the ocean…. …Eucalyptus trees growing along the Hamaku...
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