Our Green Maui

We need “native energy,” and we need it now. It is imperative for Hawaii to transition towards wind, tidal, and water energy – while also creating the infrastructure that supports local jobs to install the new energy methods. Emerging energy markets will bring both commerce and sustainability to the state, which are necessary action items for our local government’s agenda.

The Small Business Entrepreneurship Council published the Energy Cost Index of 2009,and Hawaii is dead last in energy costs for the entire nation.  This means we are spending more as individuals, companies, and a state than any other, both at the pump and in electricity costs.  

Here’s a video from Island TV News about the prospect of ocean energy coming to Maui, but from an Australian company.

Shifting the energy paradim is a no brainer.   Hawaii’s energy cost index is 4.18, which is well ahead the ratings of the next closest states -New York and Connecticut, whose ratings are 2.7. This index is determined by combining the state’s average revenue per kilowatthour for electricity and average gas price (which is up to  $2.66 a gallon in Maui).  

We need to alter our course of action for how we consume energy and thus more create alternative forms of fuels.  Why can’t we harness water and wind energy that originates around Maui?  We could run buildings, schools, and government buildings with “native energy.”  This needs to be a priority.  

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