Illustration by Andrew Miller
So that was some storm we had Friday night. Given that it was just a storm–not even close to a hurricane–what amazed me was that nearly 20,000 people lost power. And many lost power for days. Here’s the first paragraph of a Maui Electric Company (MECO) news release that went out yesterday, Dec. 4: Throughout today, Maui Electric […]
There’s some disconcerting arithmetic going on at the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO). It seems, according to a few recent press accounts, that alternative energy like solar power is actually costing the company so much money that they’re going to have raise rates (click here for the original Honolulu Star-Advertiser story on the issue and here […]
“The ultimate price is not paid in dollars, but in ecological crimes against nature, injustices to native peoples and in extinctions to some of the most majestic creatures with which we share the planet. Sacrificing all this to keep Hawaii’s lights on and homes and condos air-conditioned is not merely unacceptable, but is also ill-conceived […]
