Comment by HoldOnAMinute
4 hours ago
Hawaii is the one I don't get. Every building there should be festooned with panels. They have the best opportunity to be a world leader in electrification.
Instead they import bunker fuel. The tankers dock at the power station, which then burns it, to power the island.
Wasn't there an article years ago about how there was so much PV in Hawaii the power grid went negative causing problems for its operators?
The vast majority of natives have very little capital.
The industries with more capital (mostly tourism) don’t usually have a lot of land, or would prefer to use it for tourism activities. They also tend to be seasonal, which messes up the math.
But yes, it is silly.