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If I remember correctly, the group didn't want any money from the proposal. They just didn't want the drilling to be done at all. The group battling the geother
by matthewbadeau 13y ago
If I remember correctly, the group didn't want any money from the proposal. They just didn't want the drilling to be done at all. The group battling the geothermal proposals believed that the drilling would damage their god and absorbing the heat to make energy was absorbing the life force of their god. I don't know this subject very well, so if you want more information you should look up what the Pele Defense Fund has done.
- CamperBob2 13y agoIsn't religion awesome? I know that as enlightened individuals we're supposed to respect all creeds, beliefs, and faiths, but frankly, I doubt there is anything that anyone can say to me that will make me respect the people who have (apparently successfully) blocked alternative energy production efforts because it will drain the power of their lava god. If it's true that I share more DNA with these people than I do with a chimpanzee, it's strictly a fluke of evolution. (Edit: To be fair, some Googling suggests there are some more tangible environmental concerns with geothermal energy in Hawaii, but propitiating Pele appears to be a very real part of their argument as well. If we laugh at and ignore their legitimate concerns because of the 'Pele' argument, that's just as unfortunate an outcome as one in which religious nutters stop a worthwhile project in its tracks.)