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by character0 3041 days ago
Does anyone know why Hawaii doesn't utilize more geothermal energy? There are a few hits for geothermal projects, but I would have expected these to be much more popular.
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It upsets pele. I'm totally serious. Google for why do native hawaiians oppose geothermal.
Oddly, only 20% of just the renewable generation is geothermal. They might be including biofuels though, and since their generation is dominated by oil right now that might be attractive just for compatibility with their existing infrastructure.

But yeah, this confuses me too.