Uniting states with an interconnected transportation is a basic function of government and a Republican method of growth and prosperity
Hawaii state government abandoned the chance to lower energy cost and increase the take home pay on Hawaii’s families by losing the opportunity for NextEra to buy Hawaiian Electric Company. NextEra would have brought in much needed capitol and greater depth of expertise to deal with Oahu overworked and under-powered […]
Prior to the collapse of the sugar and pineapple industries Hawaii had what was called a three legged stool economy. That economy consisted of sugar/pineapple, tourism and military spending. Though there is modern agricultural production there is no equivalent exportable commodity that the sugar/pine industry occupied. This leaves Hawaii dependent […]
The state of Hawaii is built on a mid-twentieth century model of centralized one-party rule, unionization, protection of favored industries and excessive regulation. While this development model had its points in the transition from an agriculturally based territorial government, it is proving itself unable to keep up with the demands […]
Part of what hold Hawaii back on is the conflicted nature of land ownership and use. On the US mainland the majority land that was made available for settlement after the War of Independence was parceled out in large sections and had clear lines of ownership. In Hawaii land use […]
Energy generation follows a line starting from low energy sources to high energy sources. Wind, solar and water (for hydroelectric power) constitute the low end and coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear are, in that order, constitute the high. Getting power from low or diffuse energy sources require a high […]