Hawaii fuel, electricity prices jump amid rising oil costs

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[Lorianne]

See link below.

[Lorianne]

http://tinyurl.com/ql5btx

[org.whodat]

To hell with people and their food, speculators have got to make a living. SAC off

[Cheetahcat]

Prices should be up for Islam day only fitting.

[null and void]

Maybe Pele will let them use geothermal.

(If they can find a virgin)...

[John123]

"I think gas prices going up is what started this whole recession,"

That's the problem... most "little people" get all their information from WH soundbites and are way off base.

I guess "hoping" is way easier than "doing" something about it...

[PugetSoundSoldier]

If our currency - the USD - wasn’t dropping so fast oil wouldn’t be increasing so much. If you were buying your oil in EUR or GBP or CAD, the cost would be up 2%, not 20%...

Welcome to one of the effects of a devalued dollar - higher prices for global commodities!

[null and void]

Source please?

(I don’t doubt you I just want to be able to cram it up a liberal’s uh, chimney...)

[TYVets]

Blue state voters wanted no coal, no drilling, no nuclear as sources of energy.

What did they expect ?

[raybbr]

Electricity prices. Egads!

[null and void]

Rainbows and unicorns.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Onanda is a great site. Over the last 5 months or so, the EURO has gained about 16% against the USD... So when oil goes up 16% for us, it's held even for Europe. Note too, that a 15% increase in the DJIA is actually 1% LOSS if you use Euros for valuation! The DJIA is up in USD, but down in EUR and GBP.

[Don Corleone]

Keep voting with the LEFT you wacky Waikikians.We 'no make mention' of how dumb you are in your little grass shacks. Next time you 'go surf Makapu' you gonna have to walk brudda. No can afford drink no more Primo either. Why you no look Kapiolani for birth certificate?

[null and void]

Thanks.

[greatdefender]

will this be true for volcano disasters?

[repubpub]

The islands used to be a leading supplier of sugar cane. I believe Maui is the only island currently still harvesting sugar cane commercially and supplies about 1/3 of the world sugar. The plant on Maui also reuses the cane husk and converts it for its own electrical needs, so the plant is self sufficient. The climate is also perfect for ethanol run vehicles, doesn’t get very cold in the winter so ethanol will not thicken.

If Hawaii really wanted to eliminate unemployment they should go with both feet back into sugar cane harvesting and stop with the tilling of farm land for tourist bungalows.

Isn’t mentioned in the article is that the Islands have government controlled pricing on gas. They set the price to prevent shortages.