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by Brad Parsons on 12 November 2007 in hisuperferry.blogspot.com
I was inspired a number of weeks ago when I watched the HoikeTV video of a lady named Puala'a speaking forcefully to Gov. Linda Lingle on Kauai. Puala'a was listing off things that Kauai wants instead of a Superferry.
As I recall they included:
1. No Superferry on Kauai until an EIS is completed.
2. No GMO's on Kauai.
3. More sustainable local agriculture on Kauai.
4. Slow down and control unsustainable residential development on Kauai.
5. Solar panels on the roofs of all county and state buildings on Kauai.
6. Wind power on Kauai, "harness the makani," I believe she said.
With Hawaiian mixed in her intelligent speech it struck me as almost the perfect statement on where the grassroots movement could go on Kauai. Puala'a and her son were two of the intellectuals who got into the water of Nawiliwili Harbor back in August 2007.
A few weeks later I was watching a show on Wind Power on one of the educational channels, National Geographic I think it was, and one of the locations they covered is an island in the North Atlantic where the island gets 100% of its energy needs from a windmill farm in which the population on the island are owners/shareholders.
That show reminded me of Puala'a's statement to the Governor. I did not take down the name of that island, but I did do a little research below on the state of windmill farms on islands around the world. I pass it along in hope that it helps.
Wind Power on Kauai:
http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2007/10/28/news/news07.txt
http://www.kiuc.coop/pdf/releases/pr042106-upc.pdf
Wind Power on Outer Islands:
http://www.kaheawa.com/kwp/
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071107/20071107006123.html?.v=1
http://www.themolokaidispatch.com/taxonomy/term/15
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/liChannelID/7/Articles/294
784/Hawaiian%e2%80%99s+harness+wind+power.htm
http://www.makanipower.com/home.html
Statewide:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/renewable/wind
http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/wwg/windy.html
http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/wwg/index.html
Wind Power in NZ:
http://www.wel.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145843296
http://www.wel.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145843294
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4241166a11.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4257184a7693.html
Wind Power Globally:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_farm
http://www.islenet.net/?secid=1
http://www.islenet.net/?secid=2
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1031_051031_wind_farm.html |
