By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Batteries have long been vital to laptops and cellphones. They are increasingly supplying electricity to an unlikely recipient: the...
Appalachian Power Uses Battery to Complement Service Posted Thursday, August 2, 2007 ; 09:46 AM AEP's $2.5 million battery helps make electricity more reliable...
Will amending soil with charcoal make it more fertile and combat global warming? Imagine a simple agricultural soil amendment with the ability to double or...
What does everyone think about what we heard at the last Apollo Kauai meeting? Mr. William Maloney of Pacific West that is working with Gay & Robinson on...
Good post, Sorry I could not make the meeting. Clark ... From: dwhanamaulu To: apollokauai@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:32 PM Subject:...
Hello everyone, This is Jay from Kauai. I've studied sustainability for about 8 years, environmental studies major at Georgia State, fellow at the Center for...
... Aloha Apollonairs; I bring this to your attention: A plan has been hatched to CUT DEMOCRACY IN HALF @ KIUC This is utterly unacceptable. In fact, this is...
I asked the KIUC Board to consider 6 year terms and I hope they put it on the ballot at the next election for KIUC members to vote for or not. Suggesting that...
Aloha Walt. Thanks to responding to my quick jot re: halving democracy at KIUC. I knew i could count on you to get this discussion rolling. I think you make...
Aloha Walt, Jonathan and Apollo Kauai members You both make good strong points about the KIUC Board. I think these points could be combined into a workable...
Aloha David. Interesting, and having been on many councils and boards, I ask, what is the added cost to raise the number to nine? Remember everything has a...
We are in complete agreement about the general direction KIUC should be heading. And if I thought for a minute that switching to 6 year terms would decrease...
Walt and Clark thanks for responding. My gut reaction from your general postings is that you and most of the KIUC Board do not grasp the gravity of the...
I am very interested in coming up with something that makes the process reflect the realities. FWIW there are nine KIUC directors now. They are elected on...
David, we do need to make changes and we do need to start now. As to the degree of gravity, you are correct that not everyone believes "Whole sections of the...
... "We are in complete agreement about the general direction KIUC should be heading. And if I thought for a minute that switching to 6 year terms would...
I absolutely agree changes are needed because the world is changing and that I'd like to see those changes happening faster. That is why I served as a...
lucky i caught this - so much email in the last weeks re: DaFerry. I agree with you about the crude nature of democracy. Churchill said it was the worst form...
Aloha Walt Admittedly my remark that whole sections of the non-productive parts of the economy will get crushed within two years is conjecture. I will be happy...
Aloha Walt - you are so generous i your thoughtful replies. thanks for taking the time to really dig in. Now i am asking you actually put your mental shovel...
The reason this discussion is no important is NOT because it is JUST a debate about 3 year v. 6 year terms for Directors. It is a discussion about how...
Aloha Walt As usual your ideas are well stated. I had a chance yesterday to give your lobbying idea a try and it seemed to go well as you can read from my note...
Hello hello, Will any folks interested please consider forwarding out a/this call for drummers to be at the "Gathering of Aloha" from 4:30 to 5:30 in front of...
but seriously, these people seem to be doing something interesting. They are a more mature org than are we, but interestingly i noticed in some of their...
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Nov/01/br/br9462310587.html Posted at 12:37 p.m., Thursday, November 1, 2007 Kauai Navy facility to get new...
Congratulations to Walt Barnes for a well writen article in The Garden Island. The article has been linked in todays Drumbeat on theoildrum.com . Climate...
http://www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org/ check em out - they rock! we would be pretty luck if they became our big-sister org. "Now that's a Bright Idea!" j...
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