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Hawaii gets last shipment of coal: Expect to pay more

• tomohawk 4y ago
  And, on top of that, the replacement will be to burn oil instead of coal, at 5x the cost. https://fee.org/articles/hawaii-is-replacing-its-last-coal-plant-with-a-giant-battery-powered-by-oil/ https://fee.org/articles/hawaii-is-replacing-its-last-coal-p... It'll be 10 years before renewables will provide 75% of the charging capacity of this 'renewable' project. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/05/14/breaking-news/puc-agrees-to-modify-conditions-for-hawaiian-electrics-battery-storage-project/ https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/05/14/breaking-news/puc-...
  • codefreeordie 4y ago
    Sounds like working as intended to me
• josephcsible 4y ago
  There is zero benefit to banning use of domestically sourced fossil fuels (coal) while the use of imported ones (oil) is still allowed.
• blacksqr 4y ago
  It seems absurd that a state that's literally an active volcano can't get all its energy from geothermal sources.