Re: Alternative fuel Cars
- From: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dan Birchall)
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 05:50:00 -0000
aet@xxxxxxxx (Alvin E. Toda) wrote:
>
> On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Dktr Sus wrote:
>
>> There is no 'depends' ... the article says HECO is
>> complying with a state mandate.
>>
>> http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jun/09/bz/bz02p.html
>>
>> "In its current form, HECO's plan conforms to a state
>> mandate requiring that 20 percent of energy needs be
>> met via renewable resources by 2020. Currently about
>> 11 percent of HECO's power is produced from renewable
>> resources."
>>
>> Of course, the article is actually about the new
>> OIL-BURNING power plant HECO is building - to be
>> ready in 2009. Must be a loophole in that 'mandate'.
>>
>> So much for proactive planning ...
>
> 11% is a big accomplishment. 20% even more so. The
> population is expected to grow. So need for power will
> grow. It's not a matter of converting 9% of the exiting
> oil or coal plants to renewable power. It's really
> about building more oil as well as renewable plants by
> 2020.
>
> So yes, being 20% of an even bigger pie of electrical
> power by 2020 will mean that a great many new renewable
> power plants will be built. But I would guess that some
> locations which need power, aren't good locations of
> renewable energy, and new coal and oil plants will also
> be built. I wouldn't be so disappointed that new oil
> plants are also being built.
Someone on the Big Island has to point out that HELCO is already around,
if not above, 20%. Nyaaaaaah. :P
Might as well be me...
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