HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 396 Draft 01 1972-1976 County of Hawaii—State of Hawaii
Resolution No. 396
WHEREAS , there is an urgent need facing our nation to
develop alternate energy sources ; and
WHEREAS , of the several alternate sources under considera-
tion, ocean thermal conversion shows tremendous potential, and
WHEREAS, the Ke-Ahole natural energy laboratory site,
located on the western coast of the Island of Hawaii has been
determined by scientists as the most logical location for
such tests because of its oceanography, geography and land-
based facilities ; and
WHEREAS , Lockheed and TRW Corporations , hired by the
government to investigate the economic and technological
feasibility of the proj ect, have also given highly favorable
reports on the Ke-Ahole Point site; and
WHEREAS , Congress has appropriated $20 billion that must
be spent over a period of 10 years on non-nuclear research and
development for alternate energy studies ; and
WHEREAS , the U. S . Energy Research and Development Adminis-
tration must make the final determination by June 30, 1975 , on
committing the current year' s $1 billion budget for an ocean-
based power plant through thermal conversion.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF HAWAII that it strongly urges the U. S . Energy Research and
Development Administration to select the Ke-Ahole natural
energy laboratory on the Island of Hawaii as the location for
the construction of an ocean-based power plant because of its
overall acknowledged advantages over other sites .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii
be and is hereby directed to transmit copies of this Resolution
to the Honorable Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States ;
the Honorable Carl Albert, Speaker of the U.S . House of Represen-
tatives ; the Honorable Hiram L. Fong, U. S . Senator; the Honorable
Daniel K. Inouye, U. S . Senator; the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga,
U. S . Representative; the Honorable Patsy T. Mink, U.S . Represen-
tative; the Honorable Robert C. Seamans , Jr. , U.S . Energy Research
& Development Administration; the Honorable George R. Ariyoshi,
Governor of the State of Hawaii; the Honorable John T. Ushijima,
President of the State Senate; the Honorable James H. Wakatsuki,
Speaker of the State House of Representatives ; the Honorable John W.
Schupe, Chairman of the State Committee on Alernate Energy Sources
for Hawaii; the Honorable George Koga, President of the Hawaii
State Association of Counties ; the Honorable George Akahane, Chair-
man of the Hawaii State Association of Counties Energy Action
Committee.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 7th day of May, 1975 .
ROI CED BY:
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RESOLUTION NO.
ROLL CALL VOTE
COUNTY COUNCIL
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