Posted on 08/01/2022 6:20:44 AM PDT by artichokegrower
The Hawaiian islands’ coal shipments are ending. The bulker carrying the state’s final coal shipment will leave this week after refueling the state’s last coal-fired power plant. That plant is scheduled to close in September forcing the state’s energy providers to compete with the US Navy for oil tankers.
AES Hawaii, operator of the largest power plant on Oahu, received 15,000 tons of Indonesian coal from the Liberian flag bulker MV Flying Tiger. The 180-megawatt plant is the biggest source of the island’s electricity and provided 13% of the state’s overall power in 2018.
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I’ll go one further. If ever there is a candidate for geothermal electrical generation its Hawaii.
Iceland is a great example for comparison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Iceland
I’m white as rice.
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Oh, Blackbird. Rice, White? Asian Appropriation.
When tourists can’t turn on the lights, coal might make a comeback.
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Well, the tourist could bring in a suitcase full of coal.
‘Hey, How did you get lights in your Motel room???’
Guilty as charged your honor!
https://hawaiienergy.com/images/educationOutreach/EnergyResourcesinHawaiiPresentation.pdf
The Pie chart on page 4/12 shows the breakdown according to HI energy.
Apparently, HI has the third highest amount of solar panels/per capita in the USA(after NM & NJ). Yet all those solar panels add up to a grand total of .1% of total electricity produced.
Sounds like they need to convert that coal fired plant to bio mass or there are a lot of people who are going to have to turn down the AC.
Their Electricity rate/ KWH is already the highest in the country. $.37/KWH residential rate.
Thank you.
Indeed proving utopians always plan ahead for a problem.
I’m thinking about opening up a business in Hawaii specializing in solar lanterns and candles for those who can’t afford the lanterns.
Well, at least they don’t have to worry about freezing in the winter.
These fanatics will turn the world into the Demolition Man(1993) movie where everything that they say is bad for you is banned and run by someone that reminds me of Klaus Schwab
One of my favorite jokes..
What did leftists use for light and heat before candles?
Electricity.
Tiny bubbles
Nah! There is always whale oil.
Candles used to be made with beef/animal tallow. Peta will not be amused.
Nowadays they are made mostly with petroleum waxes, no petroleum no candles.
Some are made with soy waxes, but that requires farmland and fertilizers made from fossil fuels...........................
Don't expect people to agree with you just be cause you are right.
I want Georgia to secede.
Maybe they could use Geothermal to boil water for steam to spin a few generators.
If they only had a heat source and some water...
Nukes could actually help with the kooks.
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