Comment by snakeyjake
1 year ago
There is almost always wind in Hawaii.
In late winter/early spring sometimes the trade winds get "funky" and there will be days where there is absolutely no wind at all and it is a little eerie.
1 year ago
There is almost always wind in Hawaii.
In late winter/early spring sometimes the trade winds get "funky" and there will be days where there is absolutely no wind at all and it is a little eerie.
It's been years since I lived on Oahu but the trade winds have been active on fewer and fewer days thanks to climate change. IIRC they used to be active something like 320+ days a year but now it's more like the upper 200s.
Problem is much easier to solve if you accept that some people won't get any power when it is dark and calm. How many days of no power would people accept?
I'm reminded of the arguments AT&T made pre-breakup, that customers wouldn't stand for anything less than five-nines reliability, therefore they should keep their gold-plated monopoly.
As it turns out, customers are quite willing to trade reliability of a service vs. lower costs.
It doesn't matter what you accept. What matters is what they accept... the people you want to make decisions for.