HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0493.143 2000-2002 oato~~~ 22 , 2002 -
~Yawai' I Comity ooursc°il Committee ore Planraiaac~
Hilo, '`~~67~
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+~neral Flan
Dear idts . Iaeitlsea,d-odd,
I would greatly appreciates it if, dltarinq your cosaittee ffieeting today,
oetotaer 22, 2002, you aould ex~laiaa to us (3'~ viewers) what is meant by,
"£i1ixR~ our written testimony for ftstatre rarer®nce?•, Soaaehos~r, I
getting ~e uneasy feel~.ng t3°aat you will be filing our a®erats ;~E~'OR.1
yo~zr comttaac sa~e~ers have had a c3aasace to read tkaea~. 2f tkaa~ i~ l~i~
oase, these perhaps fi3.iaag our testimonies is not a good idea. T look
forvaagd to hearing' what yoga #aav~a to say'.
in say pse~tious testianorr~ dent in on, October 8"~, I recornxaended having a
policy in 1?our ~cosaoanics Chapter of t~a~s aa~+rax Flan that avould pr®~a®te
ane3 encourae~e a reeycliaag industry. ~h~.s conoept would involve ~sor~ than
just. h~.v9ro~ ~ recycling center osa both sides of the island. fi'his
industry wovtld ,irac~:aade taoth traTbafoY'~tinS,~ someone' s jun)c into some:: s
treasure 1~D eatarketi,xag the finished produo•t to tl~ie public. This industry
W®tald LB~e th.E? Or~at~97~ ~~11~~F3S dnCi t~]51.].].S OZ anyone ~ELBludj,Ylg, ~.zLigL~ ,
craftsmen, ertgira®ers and ,inventors. It would also compete in the market
~y~4:~m_ Fitt', our waste streams growing at an alara~aing rate, we caxinot
afford not to ,izlerat a recycling S.ndustry. Attached to this testimony
is an ixaspiriraq article, (Items froamm the Nest tiawai' T Today, ®ct. 20~'
issue, about a cossspaaray Pcing ctastom count®r tops trosa~ recycled glass and
power plant waste.
Cosasiderinq that we are on an i.~s.~a~nd, yotax~ Hnergy C1~apter should do more
to esacouarage energy alternatives. ~°irst, it would b~ h®lp£ul if the
Chapter` could inclside a Cart or spreaa~kaeet shov~rira~ ~u3.1 ~i~ eaaas~•yy
alternat~.~'es, perceaitage used, cost, etc. 141ao, s2'iotdldn' t w6 begin an
energy program rawer than rr~a~,t until tkae oil rums or.at? A solar energy
program sla®uld be plaruaed arad exacourageci in Vest ~fawai' i. tddagrbe ire can
.lezarra how to a~alse solar water feast®rs from reayolecl material so ~os:e
~aeop.L® can afg®rd '~.~'a 1 ha~i'~s eaa,olos®d axe asefi.icle (Itesas rrom *_he
Honolulu vertiser, ®ct 216£ is$1se, ab®ut a gro`tp advocating the issuing
of a .s®lar bond ire and®r to a.nstall photovoltaic panels seed energy
Rnods.ficatian~ a.n golwerncaat ~u.ilc~nc~s. Zither than wait for stag
goverment to take the first step, wouldn't it be mace if the County
could. ~.oo}c into installing a fi~:ld of fshotovoltaie solar panels on our
Lava land that w®~ald be cagaiole of gen®rating ~!0 gaegawat:ts of
ec r~.citg~?
ab~ 1Q o ce ag~iira f'ox' taking the time to review each chapter.
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and gubetzaatodal c~adidat~s
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'1'ha#'s a to iri ' b a~aigast ~iobal " .
molar pi~tataeroltkaic pae~la d HoChschild Said. "A solar .
~aacz~-e~aclency bond would help the She
tiors in g b-- ~er~ea~te its own power,
rle~ egad cost-effectively.
'Ties resultia~ s in 'This would less~rt Havval'i'S
~ ley ® g~Li~tce oaa uv~eas oil itto-
tii~ ttond t Dose to Cax ports whsle cleanaayg the air."
Tlae io tergn Dal of
bases issued ~ a. hood seed as porters eprojec~s ~s
- ~ >t5salce eol~ power atl~te rra
~ctegtts wetly its sosnable in pales.
~ 1 Followers of solar eneagy
P~ at>° Cleaa'. , , atote that the more of it that,
said David fi ®f tla~ ~ its ig~stalled, the cl'a~pertiage
VntP .^~r~lar Bnutiatiee. ~ cost of the solar panels.
~SSan is tt~v in "Fussy dgra~ c~asgtulatave cle-
stt its first solar' ptt ~attd fag° (p[~ot®voltaic grew
since flee $ lOD bond doubles, flee gtaice does down
lasg ye~3» ~ by abutl.V percx~?t. (k'PIOLo-
"The paojett as a soles voltgdc estetgy sySCem ccet}
array onthc se~at~Af ttae was $100 a watt in 1976. To-
I~1os~nc ~etater seed is oou- day it's about S3 s watt," lte
pled wit'la a aaaa,~OC° said
dency upgrasie.'Tut;cUeec; tl~ 6~irx'.hscttild said his group is
solar and enec~y e#ficiency ~ for a pry ~ :,a1 iaa Ho-
will ~ Cord gtoltalu that would call for4he
SatggapbO~n by 3Fs p2g'~241t.;' p~h o@ solar pAV~AIc rag9a.,
Foe snore i~ortion ota ble ®f producing ~ ggte~a-
the oat end its t~ watts.
sion, s~ ~ot~so6ac.®~. A report by Ilowvsx Shift
R~epres~ties ~"vw~ seed that woaald save talpne
Solar and ~owas~Sl'tifr. two siesta 100,000 potatds of ~
atonpa~f
t .sup- born diode and taaore titan
p aztd~~~rseg~ ~ 400,000 Potuads eacch of stalfcar
Sy? e€~cieas~, s~,snn~! dio~cide and n o~dd~ ire '
Ha~vai`i Can begtefat igAore the fixsl Yeag°, whale coanpae~d
frosts salax' g~o~r theta arty with tradatiogtalpower genex'a- .
othea state. lion.
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