Aloha kākou. On Sunday, April 14th, 8:46 PM HST, Hawai’i Electric Light Company (HELCO) posted it will initiate rolling electrical outages on Hawaii Island tonight due to generator shortfall. HELCO uses Unsocial Media sites to post alerts and notifications. My power went out at 9 PM, just fifteen minutes later, and was eventually restored at 9:25 PM. The notification was sudden, and people were given little time to plan around the loss of power. Liberalism breeds incompetence.
Power outage was Islandwide and affected 20,000 customers. This has become more than a chronic problem with HELCO and it’s only getting worse. At the same time, power was out on O’ahu in the Hawai’i Kai, Waikiki, and Wahiawa areas. O’ahu power outage failure was due to a rain event that was traveling down the island chain. The islands are closing aging fossil fuel powerplants and replacing them with unreliable solar, wind, and battery systems. An expensive, unreliable, and failure prone technology. So, here we go again. Green energy components Made in China that cost an arm, leg, and first-born child are going to save us from rising seas and dirty air. The fleecing of America.
Today, HELCO is warning of further temporary electrical outages if power isn’t conserved. We’re paying for an electric service that we can’t use because of incompetent planning. The rolling blackouts time duration will be determined based on the amount of electric demand that needs to be reduced. We pay the highest electric rates in the country, and this is the quality of service we get. ʻAihue Kēia (It’s Robbery).
Hawaii’s Marxist controlled democrat legislature passed legislation to “sequester more atmospheric carbon and greenhouse gases than emitted within the State as quickly as practicable, but no later than 2045”, effectively establishing a net-negative emissions target.” They set a deadline date that is impractical to reach. This is radical DEI environmental idiocy and it’s going to drive Hawai’i into bankruptcy. Quoting from the states decarbonization initiative: “The concept of intergenerational equity specifies that each generation has the right to inherit the same diversity and cultural resources enjoyed by previous generations and to have equitable access to the use and benefits of these resources.”
Hawai’i Island has several active volcanoes that emit carbon, sulfur, and other gases that are far greater than the sum of all the power plants, cars, and other carbon generating devices on these islands. Kīlaueā alone emits enough SO2/4 to blanket the entire populated Hawaiian Archipelago. The Zero Emissions law is an exercise in futility. A postage size land mass in the middle of the Pacific will have a negligible effect on global atmospheric temperatures and air quality.
Coincidentally, the National Weather Service (NWS) was upgrading its weather radar systems on the mainland and experienced a widespread radar outage event, with half of its radars down. Despite the radar disruption, there were no significant severe weather events ongoing, and NWS eventually brought all the radar systems back online. This does underscore the importance of reliable weather radar systems. Crews at the National Weather Service are actively investigating this widespread network outage, working to restore services. This got me wondering; what if these electrical and radar outages cascade to other radar systems? Like aircraft control, GPS satellites, and other crucial systems. We would be blinded.
It’s Tax Day today. Most people have already done their taxes weeks ago. Those expecting a refund from the government are actually losing money. My tax forms were sent in weeks ago. I’m paying what I owe on federal and I’m getting a state refund. It works itself out where I’m not losing or gaining money. So, in the yearly long term the interest I collected is all mine and not the governments. I’d rather pay what I own than get a refund. Why allow the government to keep the earned interest? Even if it’s less than 2%.
This song is so apropos on how the government wastes our money. We spend more than we take in and that is one of the many reasons why inflation is high. High taxes also destroy existing jobs and job creation. Marxist democrats love to blame Republicans for giving tax breaks to billionaires. Democrats complained that workers needed an hourly salary increase.
First, billionaires invest in businesses to create jobs and increase profits. Which brings in more tax revenue. Second, the government has no business dictating what the minimum wage will be. Businesses cannot operate when the government dictates wages. The government doesn’t create jobs, it kills jobs. When democrats interfere with the free markets, everyone loses. Killing the Golden Calf.
In Hawai’i, Governor Josh Green and the Marxist democrat state legislature are forcing businesses to close. Businesses that have been around since Hawai’i Statehood. Declining revenues, increasing prices, higher taxes and lease rates are adding to the decline of Hawai’i famous eateries. The ripple effect hurts everyone. “Every time a restaurant closes their door, now that farmer lost a customer, now the person who sells take out containers lost a customer,” said Sheryl Matsuoka, executive director of the Hawaii Restaurant Association. Since the Maui wildfires, over 600 hundred businesses have closed and there doesn’t seem to be any help coming soon. We can always count on government bureaucracy to rush in to make things worse.
Remember when the democrats won (stole) the 2020 election. They gleefully squealed the “Adults Are Back In Charge.” The democrats need a serious time out. In November, Vote to Save Hawai’i and America.
— MAGA —
Current Conditions: Cloudy skies with scattered moderate showers. There is a 90% chance of precipitation. We received NO precipitation overnight. Tradewinds from the south at 10 mph, gust 20 mph. Cloud cover is 82%. Visibility is 10 miles. Temperatures are in the upper 70’s. Humidity is 78%. Barometric pressure is 29.88 inches. Dewpoint is 72° and UV index is 10. Air quality Index is good at 29. Readings taken at 12:00PM HST.
E Māua Ola i Moku o Keawe 