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Hawaii’s Energy Sources
How do we power our future? The answers are all around us. Our islands are blessed with an abundance of clean, renewable, LOCAL energy sources.
A variety of renewable energy sources already provides some power for the islands. As we increase the electricity we produce from these renewable sources – and add even more energy efficiency and conservation – we can reduce our dependence on imported oil.
Getting more energy from local sources will create
jobs, help revitalize local agriculture, and keep more of our hard-earned dollars at home.
Working together, we can reduce our dependence on imported oil and develop our own renewable energy sources. It will take a close
partnership of your electric utilities, private companies, landowners, state and local government, our communities and all
Hawaii residents. Oil prices skyrocketed in 2008. They are high today and certain to go higher due to increased world demand,
ever scarce supplies of easy-to-extract oil and coming costs to control climate change.
While adding some renewable technologies will cost more initially, in the long-run the costs will be worth it. Prices for renewables will be more stable and predictable while oil prices are volatile and unpredictable. Also, using our home-based renewable energy will help keep our air and water cleaner and limit greenhouse gases that can cause global climate change.
