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<br /> "Gro{h~ nrlal fs the mo=.t !echnicall~ znd cconvmicahy feasible and environment:ilic saI<~
<br /> ener~~, source Hawaii ha. at tts dispc>sa!," the senator wrote He failed to mention that a
<br /> thurdssing weh blo•,cuut at PG4' had sent a plume of hydrogen sulfide into the Puna District
<br /> four months earlier
<br /> Wilton Lioddard, a consultn~~ enEtincer front Lucerne, Calif, who has eonductcd peril>dic
<br /> artats ~,e~. of PGA sin:: 1 OSa, ;<zid that there is nothing inherently sinister about geothermal
<br /> "If it's done right and in the right location, it can be benign," Goddard said "Geothemlal in
<br /> {a~caii is a eery' powerful resource, with a very high percentage of hydri~gcn sulfide. The
<br /> ttiston of that (PGV) deaetopment, unfortunately, has not been good "
<br /> PGV' is cir,tly owned b} Ormat [ nerg} Systems, an Israeli compan}~ with an office in Sparl.,,
<br /> Nev.. and I3altimora Gzs R Electric
<br /> The plant. whose output ha, ~sen from ?5 to 30 megawatts, collects about Ri)O,OllO pt~unds
<br /> of ~uthermal fwi~~ (in essence, water heated b}' molten rockj per hour from !wo wells 'The
<br /> fluid is ,eparated into steam, which is sent tq a turbine to produce electricity and brine, which
<br /> is injec~ ,i as waste into three other wells ll}arogen sulfide lerels in excess of $00 parts prr
<br /> millio~l 1~a, ti peen measured in the vapor from one of the wells
<br /> Amung the i_ei)ani Ea!ates recidcnis tsho blame 1'GV fur their poet health, few hss•e suife~~d
<br /> as n;uch ax the Harnsons_ who moved here in 1956 from Southern California Both Dtu, 46,
<br /> „rid Kate, 36, say that !hc}~ arc lethargic and hstae had r}sh removed from ;heir nasal
<br /> pas>as:es Like several other ,women in the nciuhborhood, Kate has had double mensU»ai
<br /> wcle. and sore, fibrous breasts Dru often has blurred vision
<br /> The three Harrison children Tirieanrra, 1 i,
<br /> Tyler, 5, and Kaili, 6 have experienced
<br /> high fevers, abdominal pain and other
<br /> ba8ling conditions Out r;toruing not long
<br /> ago. Kaiii, whip was born a month before.
<br /> the June 19'11 well blowout, got out of bell
<br /> and collapsed in a heap
<br /> "She said, 'It teels like. my legs aren't the:c.
<br /> Dad,"' Dru I Ianison said lIe had tc care
<br /> her for the hi•ucr part of twi, day's a., she
<br /> Bn. un;. N_u a-oc 'adds ~:;i In ~ siliwl ~ourn.i, :~i~ouul
<br /> .1 1~~_~ ,8[icuS :uh!iC:11~ w Ilt~ hPl. (i VIL iCtl_ Y~C ~`«di'n,~ S1.0 AA ly CC~alned her ab!lity t(1 wal6 i lte
<br /> famil dc~rtor att rihutcd 'net tem(xir:u)
<br /> ~i~ i.i }i•il~ r I:,u1~ :nd woth~r t~atc }
<br /> paral~;is to viral cramhins
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