Mina Morita’s commentary about “renewables” was wonderful, informative and exactly correct (“Is ‘100 percent renewable’ in Hawaii’s future?” Island Voices, Star-Advertiser, Sept. 2). I sincerely hope she will continue to share her insight with us.
Numerous articles have appeared that are completely against using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a bridge fuel. Their argument is that this is too large of an infrastructure expense. This is quite incorrect. Excelerate Energy has developed magnificent floating regasification ships. This pre-empts the need to build land-based regasification facilities.
Also, current oil-burning power generators are seriously inefficient and need to be updated. So converting to LNG makes sense. Perhaps most important is that Hawaii does not need another “Superferry” debacle. The warring sides need to come together and help produce electricity that is efficient, reliable and stable.
Milton Allione
Kailua
LNG expensive and has potential for disaster
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) for electricity generation is an unnecessary additional step that should not be even considered.
LNG is combustible and can cause a disaster. All it would take is one careless worker or a spark by a leak and it would explode. Also, conversion from oil to LNG for our numerous electric plants is expensive. Use the money instead to reduce our high electric bills.
Roy S. Tanouye
Waipahu
UH obviously needs better administrators
I agree with your editorial to tie University of Hawaii manager pay raises to performance (“Link UH raises to performance,” Aug. 22, Our View, Star-Advertiser).
Unfortunately, the UH Board of Regents approved raises to overpaid managers for a job not so well done, with buildings decaying, budget cutbacks adversely affecting teaching, hiring freezes, the Cancer Center mess, the Stevie Wonder blunder, probable overdevelopment of the Mauna Kea summit and other problems. The regents and a few legislators are ultimately responsible for this overall problem.
The first thing needed is for career administrators who ignore principles of ethical conduct, and those involved with the messes, to be let go from management.
In the long run, we need the politicians, regents and public to pay more attention to the university and not just to its sports programs. Without these changes, UH cannot be as great as the great mainland schools.
Daniel Chung
Palolo
UH football not getting enough local TV time
Remember the old days when you could watch University of Hawaii football on regular TV on Saturdays?
Now you’re out of luck, if you are not an Oceanic Cablevision subscriber. Thousands of over-the-air, satellite and other cable subscribers are out of luck, too.
Remember when you could watch the games on the Internet and pay a fee? Remember when you could watch a rebroadcast the next Sunday morning with lots of extra local revenue generating commercials included on KFVE?
It’s a sad state of affairs for tens of thousand of fans, and all the badly needed revenue for the UH Athletics Department is lost. How can you support the team when you can’t even watch the games? Who is responsible for this sad situation?
If television mentor Rick Blangiardi had it his way, we could enjoy the old days again. Why doesn’t someone act on his ideas and help the team, and the fans?
Bill Romerhaus
Haleiwa
