In today's Star-Bulletin,

http://starbulletin.com/2007/06/06/news/story02.html

Looks like this solves the Nimby problem on Oahu where
wind farms aren't welcomed sights. Build the wind farm
on Lanai.

On Jun 6, 7:45 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

Well, doesn't *really* solve NIMBY... most days, you can see Lanai
just fine from Waimanalo.

Hmmm. A private company addressing a problem, that is the current
responsibility of our regulated public utilities?

"Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
news:1181184300-sch@news.lava.net...

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Melodious Thunk wrote:

Well, perhaps a state land use commision hearing will
have some Waimanalo residents complaining of their view
of Maui County?

Maui Built some wind towers in the West Maui Mountains mauka of
Maalaea.
The tourists skoff that they make Maui look bad.
But this is an island and we need alternatives to diesel generators
(MECO)
But the more tourists that come over, the more power we need to
generate.

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Jerry Okamura wrote:

Actually, this seems to be a rational solution. The
utillity wont be passing on R&D costs to it's
customers. The private company here is taking the
financial risk. Transporting power from Lanai to Oahu
is something that the power company has never tried
before. IIRC such long spans under water or underground
tend to go as DC at a lower voltage. Don't need as
heavy cable that way-- no "skin" effect.

ProfilerCA@aol.com wrote:

Tell 'em they'll just have to pack their own when they come?

Aloha mai Nai`a!

Jerry Okamura wrote:

Sure...its much easier for a few execs to form a shell company that will
enable them to optimally utilize their "connections" (no pun intended)
to maximize profits (and kickbacks) to a few out of the public eye. No
doubt, WHILE the taxpayers are still paying their HECO salaries.

On Jun 6, 7:45 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

On Jun 6, 10:45 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

I never thought they looked that bad... sort of majestic, high tech...
more so than our many mainland coal plants.

Dave Jackson