tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241779453896471282024-02-20T17:59:07.257-10:00Energy Futures on HPRThis blog and the public radio show it promoted are no more now that I've moved to Sacramento, CA. Here's the original description: Hawaii Public Radio's Energy Futures program airs weekly on Mondays at 5 pm HST. Topics include renewable energy development, reducing Hawaii's dependence on imported fuels, and other subjects to help residents understand the options before them as they chart a new energy future for Hawaii.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-1197965019904643662010-02-23T11:07:00.019-10:002014-09-14T06:51:54.250-10:00Show’s Inaugural Guests Return with an Update; Energy Futures Transitions to a Different Host<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXB0abH4oV3VS9bH6E-pR4K-JsbJ02x5HPoA9xTWFidDkaA3HIWpdkiquAkDRTtFSIGUn3pssodExq3KSmJza7h_Awavj6cql2Z6pXNxr-yy4_TF9wxGo8KxWXbl-q0M7f1pVZStaYReXU/s1600-h/Final+show%27s+shot.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXB0abH4oV3VS9bH6E-pR4K-JsbJ02x5HPoA9xTWFidDkaA3HIWpdkiquAkDRTtFSIGUn3pssodExq3KSmJza7h_Awavj6cql2Z6pXNxr-yy4_TF9wxGo8KxWXbl-q0M7f1pVZStaYReXU/s400/Final+show%27s+shot.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441548828625077794" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Ted Peck (center) and Robert Harris returned to Energy Futures for the final show produced and hosted by Doug Carlson (broad smile).</i></span></span></div>
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State Energy Administrator Ted Peck and Sierra Club Hawaii director Robert Harris were the first guests on Energy Futures when the Hawaii Public Radio program began on July 6, 2009. They returned yesterday for producer and host Doug Carlson’s final show in his volunteer gig.<br />
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Beth-Ann Kozlovich, executive producer of HPR’s public affairs programming, will carry on in Doug’s former role at least for a while as he devotes full time to <a href="http://commaaina.com/">Carlson Communications, his communications consultancy</a> with special attention to renewable energy and sustainability, <a href="http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/">including building the Honolulu rail system</a>. There’s been considerable positive feedback from the community about the weekly show, which was broadcast live 5-6 pm HST Mondays on KIPO-FM, 89.3 in Hawaii. (August 2010 Update: the program no longer is part of HPR's public affairs lineup.)<br />
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Energy Futures has devoted more time than the daily media can to a wide range of issues and technologies during the past seven months – geothermal energy, wind, solar, wave, biofuel, ocean thermal energy conversion (Doug’s favorite), climate change, sea level rise, the Public Utilities Commission, feed-in tariffs, energy conservation, electric vehicles, food and agriculture sustainability and so on. One of the first shows looked into <a href="http://energyfuturesonhpr.blogspot.com/2009/07/dialogue-missing-with-native-hawaiians.html">Native Hawaiian concerns about renewable energy development</a>.<br />
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Ted and Robert covered numerous energy issues and took listeners' questions on Monday’s program. Next week, Beth-Ann will take a close look at <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100222/BUSINESS/2220308/Moratorium+sought+on+solar+installation">Hawaiian Electric Company’s recent filing with the PUC</a> to suspend additional photovoltaic hookups in Maui and Hawaii counties while studies are conducted on grid reliability. Ted Peck will be back, along with a HECO representative.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>July 19, 2010 Update</b>: Dr. Stephen Schneider, Stanford University climate scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (along with his colleagues on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Vice President Al Gore), died today. <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Dr.StephenSchneiderInterviewAugust2009">His interview on "Energy Futures" was broadcast twice in 2009 and was archived on the Internet</a>.</span></div>
Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-91434094243311628702010-02-16T15:47:00.002-10:002010-02-16T15:53:19.721-10:00EF Highlights Blue Planet’s Legislative Initiatives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI18jkW6A762omrSO75n8lD74jD0r10DbZIvrZBdmx7Wfvj9oeH-2HJjx3B3OeFqOXOZOiGXdRKORzG3g5TFZp1BcqhaVZ4fBGdDQTexlWuzxRcEhhWlOkyPqjs_kMQ_dEd4IONGZqnZn/s1600-h/Jeff+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI18jkW6A762omrSO75n8lD74jD0r10DbZIvrZBdmx7Wfvj9oeH-2HJjx3B3OeFqOXOZOiGXdRKORzG3g5TFZp1BcqhaVZ4fBGdDQTexlWuzxRcEhhWlOkyPqjs_kMQ_dEd4IONGZqnZn/s400/Jeff+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439023231840386338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Blue Planet Foundation Executive Director Jeff Mikulina</i></span></span></div><i>“If at first you don’t succeed…..”</i> You know the rest of that ditty. The dollar-per-barrel tax on imported oil made it through the Legislature in 2009 only to be vetoed by the Governor. The measure failed when the veto override vote fell short.<br /><br />That was then, and the 2010 version of the legislation backed by the Blue Planet Foundation is now a $5-per-barrel tax. Executive Director Jeff Mikulina described the Foundation’s top legislative priorities on Monday’s Energy Futures show. <br /><br />The barrel tax is priority #1, and not far behind is the measure called Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Bond Financing. Jeff said he’s open to a better name and invited listeners to visit the Foundation’s website to learn more about <a href="http://www.blueplanetfoundation.org/policy">the Foundation's dozen policy proposals before the Legislature</a>.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">Monday, February 22</span></b></span><br /><br />My last show! But the show will go on; Beth-Ann Kozlovich will fill the role of producer and host until another person is found do those jobs. We kicked off the weekly program in July 2009 and gave it seven months before deciding this HPR volunteer needs to start spending his time more profitably while advancing renewable energy projects (see <a href="http://commaaina.com/">our communications consulting practice’s website</a>).<br /><br />The final program under the current host will bring back <a href="http://energyfuturesonhpr.blogspot.com/2009/07/energy-futures-show-covers-clean-energy.html">the first show’s two guests</a> – State Energy Administrator Ted Peck and Sierra Club director Robert Harris.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is streamed on the Internet. <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">An archived file</a> of each week’s show is usually posted sometime on Tuesday at the <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">Hawaii Public Radio website</a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-65666205965132808052010-02-09T14:21:00.004-10:002010-02-09T14:39:48.926-10:00Wave Energy Advocates Say It’s Coming Soon; Marine Base Sets Goal of 100% Renewables by 2015<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ8UZ5ucSLBy3ipWMvkSntbwcirKs3lHjZTfakPe9-c8si5puATTJHh8jsCPQZkaqGZsW45oeC9e3U1Lq4BnOew-3wu_AEsupfjLNl1ARu9VyeGQr6DCHe67YRd5_9igGJ2p43k8nS5iO/s1600-h/Thielen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ8UZ5ucSLBy3ipWMvkSntbwcirKs3lHjZTfakPe9-c8si5puATTJHh8jsCPQZkaqGZsW45oeC9e3U1Lq4BnOew-3wu_AEsupfjLNl1ARu9VyeGQr6DCHe67YRd5_9igGJ2p43k8nS5iO/s400/Thielen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436407185332759970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>State Representative Cynthia Thielen</i></span></span></div>We must admit to setting aside some of our skepticism about the potential for wave energy conversion (WEC) to make inroads in Hawaii. Representative Cynthia Thielen, our in-studio guest, admitted to being furious (in a good-natured way) with Energy Futures’ host (me) on those occasions when that skepticism crept into earlier programs.<br /><br />Still, the up-front capital cost for WEC and other renewables remains a key obstacle to the rapid rollout of this particular technology. Rep. Thielen and our other guests on Monday’s show – Dr. Tom Denniss of <a href="http://www.oceanlinx.com/">Oceanlinx</a> and Kent Murata of Marine Corps Base Hawaii – remain optimistic.<br /><br />Oceanlinx hopes to install two or three platforms off the north coast of Maui within two years. Denniss described the company’s technology in general terms and declined to estimate what the price of its wave-produced energy will be.<br /><br />Murata said <a href="http://www.oceanpowertechnologies.com/">Ocean Power Technologies</a> has deployed a buoy in Kaneohe Bay in cooperation with the Marine base. He said the base’s intention is to be 100-percent energy independent by 2015, the most aggressive timetable we’ve heard in the islands.<br /><br />WEC seems to have sparked the public’s imagination. The show had more callers during the hour than any other topic in Energy Futures’ seven-month run.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Monday, February 15</span></span></b><br /><br />Our next program will focus on energy-related legislation before the current session of the Legislature with guest Jeff Mikulina, executive director of <a href="http://www.blueplanetfoundation.org/policy">the Blue Planet Foundation</a>.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">streamed on the Internet</a>. An archive file of each week’s show is usually posted sometime on Tuesday at the <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">Hawaii Public Radio website</a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-61465930557561670542010-02-03T09:09:00.003-10:002010-02-03T09:18:43.492-10:00Sustainable Agriculture & Energy Share Top Billing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvFKv7oDMEl_oftVN4S27ba-m6KCvnQOFwFnc_1pFjV_pyiC1k9R5-UZBZWjC6zRXDKXd7aIV_VQvp0ocalrD5OW8L6exiZOxvgBrqO_KnWsZsMKiL6grDGNj4jgdWNCA7HCIo4aToEXg/s1600-h/Jerry+and+Richard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvFKv7oDMEl_oftVN4S27ba-m6KCvnQOFwFnc_1pFjV_pyiC1k9R5-UZBZWjC6zRXDKXd7aIV_VQvp0ocalrD5OW8L6exiZOxvgBrqO_KnWsZsMKiL6grDGNj4jgdWNCA7HCIo4aToEXg/s400/Jerry+and+Richard.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434096593422734370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Jerome Renick and Richard Ha</i></span></span></div>Big Islanders Richard Ha and Jerome Renick flew to Honolulu to be on Energy Futures this week, bringing with them an agricultural perspective that was refreshingly different from what passes for normal fare in Honolulu.<br /><br />Richard is president of Hamakua Springs Country Farms located on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island, and Jerry is with the Integrated Agriculture Network, also on the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast. They both champion expansion of Hawaii’s agriculture sector as part of a broader sustainability endeavor, including energy independence.<br /><br />Kelly King, vice president of Pacific Biodiesel, called in from her Maui office to talk about the company's blessing of a new facility in Keaau on the Big Island this week. It will use cooking oil and the residue of grease traps to process into biofuel. Contributing in the program’s last segment was Hawaii Solar Energy Association President Mark Duda, who answered callers’ questions on solar energy. <div><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">Monday, February 8</span></span></b><br /><br />Wave energy will be our focus in the next program. State Representative Cynthia Thielen will be with us in the studio to take listeners’ calls. Joining us by phone will be representatives of <a href="http://www.oceanlinx.com/">Oceanlinx</a>, an Australian company that is actively pursuing a wave energy project off the coast of Maui.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">streamed on the Internet</a>. An archived file of Monday's show is posted at <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">the Hawaii Public Radio website</a>.</div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-51554775414092373192010-01-26T13:15:00.002-10:002010-01-26T13:21:45.688-10:00It’s Electric! Hawaii Anticipates a Car Revolution<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMp2VniGGIxCAJHCWJyIi9_AzUAINjtMsJD9iDef-9ekGkv9rY1vxICKNCaBBQbylXFUWrMOGp0-mqov4Hyh9-zS05NWO5Ia9eDHSbl3BLwpIr8TmXiWOEP7JtAbSkDvYLzTicZhKR0Yn/s1600-h/Brian,+Scott,+Mark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMp2VniGGIxCAJHCWJyIi9_AzUAINjtMsJD9iDef-9ekGkv9rY1vxICKNCaBBQbylXFUWrMOGp0-mqov4Hyh9-zS05NWO5Ia9eDHSbl3BLwpIr8TmXiWOEP7JtAbSkDvYLzTicZhKR0Yn/s400/Brian,+Scott,+Mark.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431191210136061362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Brian Goldstein, Scott Saffian, Mark Piscioneri</i></span></span></div>The industry that hopes to bring all-electric vehicles to Hawaii consumers made news in recent days, so yesterday’s Energy Futures program had the advantage of also being exceptionally timely.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.betterplace.com/">Better Place</a> announced a $350 million private financing deal yesterday, and Brian Goldstein, the company’s Honolulu representative, was with us to describe it and reaffirm Better Place’s plans for the Hawaii market.<br /><br />Only Hawaii and California’s Bay Area are the announced targets for Better Place’s near-term efforts in the United States, and Goldstein said his job is to be sure Hawaii has priority over California. Significant development of the company’s network could begin within a couple years after the initial push in Israel and Denmark.<br /><br />Also in the studio were Mark Piscioneri, Oahu Manager of Maui-based Hawaii Electric Vehicles, which presided over <a href="http://hawaiielectricvehicle.blogspot.com/2010/01/oahus-first-chargepoint-networked.html">the dedication of Honolulu’s first electric vehicle charging station</a> in Kakaako last Saturday. The Charge Point station is manufactured by <a href="http://www.coulombtech.com/">Coulomb Technologies</a>, and a last-minute addition to the show was Scott Saffian, the company’s senior vice president for sales.<br /><br />Contributing in the program’s last segment was <a href="http://www.hsea.org/">Hawaii Solar Energy Association</a> President Mark Duda, who answered callers’ questions on solar energy. We’ll continue to take such calls until they taper off, so Mark will be back next Monday in the program’s third segment.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">Monday, February 1</span></b></span><br /><br />Next Monday’s program will focus on sustainable agriculture and its relationship to energy efficiency. Guests will be Richard Ha, president of Hamakua Springs Country Farms located on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Big Island, and Jerome Renick of the Integrated Ac\griculture Network, also on the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">streamed on the Internet</a>. An archive file of each week’s show is usually posted sometime on Tuesday at the Hawaii Public Radio website.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-63355163942992309832010-01-19T15:35:00.010-10:002010-01-25T10:52:40.333-10:00Mark Duda’s Solar Q&A Segment Deemed a Success; Electric Vehicles To Be Spotlighted in Next Show<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYduP9xAAlHQj_FPW8VUZTY_tTnhF73DMR38AxV0KuDlIvkNPxkgQtplAw3kLfJ__Ee893n5H6kRUXsHG3dDqdlVxFaC8Psc3yEO3wRCFbwpCmHXRgOCn4RR5zZcFgFzwoHqd3h_WI21io/s1600-h/SHARON+%26+MIKE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYduP9xAAlHQj_FPW8VUZTY_tTnhF73DMR38AxV0KuDlIvkNPxkgQtplAw3kLfJ__Ee893n5H6kRUXsHG3dDqdlVxFaC8Psc3yEO3wRCFbwpCmHXRgOCn4RR5zZcFgFzwoHqd3h_WI21io/s400/SHARON+%26+MIKE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428631726807822178" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Drs. Sharon Miyashiro and Mike Hamnett (in HPR-logo T-shirt)</span></span></span><br /></div>Listening to what our audience wants to talk about over the past six months led us to schedule a question-and-answer segment devoted to solar energy in Monday’s Energy Futures program. The experiment worked, and Mark Duda, president of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, joined the show in the third and final segment to answer several calls from listeners about solar installation and financing.<br /><br />Solar is <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> hot topic in Hawaii energy circles as individual consumers seek ways to save on their electric bills and reduce fossil fuel use, so we’re bringing Mark back in next Monday’s show and will keep doing so in the 5:40-6 pm (HST) segment until we seem to have exhausted our listeners’ questions – or Mark.<br /><br />The majority of the program was devoted to the package of legislative proposals currently being coordinated among the 47 members of the <a href="http://www.hawaiienergypolicy.hawaii.edu/">Hawai Energy Policy Forum</a>. Co-chairs Dr. Sharon Miyashiro and Dr. Mike Hamnett discussed in general terms (because all 47 haven’t signed off yet) the Forum's initiatives in energy leadership, energy conservation and renewable energy. The program <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">is archived at Hawaii Public Radio’s website</a>.<br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;">January 25th -- Electric Vehicles</span></b></span></div><div><br />Next Monday’s program will focus on all-electric vehicles and how soon we may see advances in rolling them out in Hawaii. Our guests will be Brian Goldstein of Better Place, which in 2008 announced <a href="http://hawaiienergyoptions.blogspot.com/2008/12/better-places-vision-of-ev-heaven-comes.html">its intention to invest $1 billion in building an electric car network in Hawaii</a>, and Mark Piscioneri, Oahu Manager of Maui-based <a href="http://hawaiielectricvehicle.blogspot.com/2009/09/hievs-sabrina-sirt-makes-front-page-of.html">Hawaii Electric Vehicles</a>. HIEV will have unveiled Honolulu’s first electric vehicle charging station in Kakaako on Saturday, January 23.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">streamed on the Internet</a>. An archive file of each week’s show is usually posted sometime on Tuesday at HPR's site.<a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/"><br /></a></div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-34519466893371604392010-01-14T19:26:00.007-10:002010-01-15T06:58:08.925-10:00Energy Policy Forum Agenda Is Monday’s Show; Plus, We Start a Recurring Solar Energy FeatureGuests on Monday’s Energy Futures show will be the co-chairs of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum – Sharon Miyashiro and Mike Hamnett, both of the University of Hawaii. We’ll discuss the Forum’s legislative proposals for this year’s session, which begins on January 20.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1pgyte7zDqfG7PCKbQO4X3VNCyzLY7EY72HTnr4gTW-04tCM2I7nauPPR3Hrxw4CpN62LstlfSS7CSlW-0qDRMbtPZipdhSqv8xwc0PnNtCxiU9v4xqPOyJ9Js8GT7gXVBfL8e5Wk2A9/s1600-h/MD+headshot1.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1pgyte7zDqfG7PCKbQO4X3VNCyzLY7EY72HTnr4gTW-04tCM2I7nauPPR3Hrxw4CpN62LstlfSS7CSlW-0qDRMbtPZipdhSqv8xwc0PnNtCxiU9v4xqPOyJ9Js8GT7gXVBfL8e5Wk2A9/s200/MD+headshot1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427011684497056994" /></a>We’ll also launch a new – and we think recurring – feature on Monday’s program, a segment reserved for our listeners’ questions on solar energy and how to integrate it into their lives. The evidence of the past six months of shows is in: Listeners light up Hawaii Public Radio’s phone lines more when solar energy is the theme than for any other topic. Mark Duda (<i>right</i>), president of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, will be available during the program’s third and final 20-minute segment to take callers’ questions. We’re planning to make this a feature in the 5:40 p.m. segment; we’ll promote it and see whether it has the appeal we think it will.<div><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” every Monday 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">streamed on the Interne</a>t. An archive file of each week’s show is usually posted sometime on Tuesday at the Hawaii Public Radio website.</div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-56079364111746138592010-01-12T12:00:00.007-10:002010-01-12T12:18:25.004-10:00Big Inroads on Jet Fuel Options Decades Away<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYsro6MKJrO15qMQyqvBQ_k821vYMds8l1mhALXfTXXDvneiS6_09cVv5Q4b78OViVhx9mJanFTXiQ3pRNGPBgTGk8vRhroHoGtPRHoaIvnQIERe42cwCkr-xWITeH050IJfNlWlNAEWZ/s1600-h/Keoni+and+Pat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYsro6MKJrO15qMQyqvBQ_k821vYMds8l1mhALXfTXXDvneiS6_09cVv5Q4b78OViVhx9mJanFTXiQ3pRNGPBgTGk8vRhroHoGtPRHoaIvnQIERe42cwCkr-xWITeH050IJfNlWlNAEWZ/s400/Keoni+and+Pat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425978002847285330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Keoni Wagner and Pat Takahashi</i></span></span></div>Here’s a switch. Rather than write about this week's Energy Futures show myself, I referring you to <a href="http://planetearthandhumanity.blogspot.com/2010/01/jet-fuel-from-biomass.html">Pat Takahashi’s blog</a>. He was a guest on the show and was taking notes while I moderated the conversation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z5K4oTHWsxqAG0at5iNOQlCRgqD8OFnyE118jK-mIw6pZVqAK4y4bNWRFmJsmY6AIlvhwq4ukeot6uthm5K-5fqtbnQ2omRjdCpS4E0xtFA-gWeYjAhGWD3LdfcwxRI1X3-EM0hU_BGT/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-01-12+at+12.10.50+PM.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z5K4oTHWsxqAG0at5iNOQlCRgqD8OFnyE118jK-mIw6pZVqAK4y4bNWRFmJsmY6AIlvhwq4ukeot6uthm5K-5fqtbnQ2omRjdCpS4E0xtFA-gWeYjAhGWD3LdfcwxRI1X3-EM0hU_BGT/s320/Screen+shot+2010-01-12+at+12.10.50+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425979931193479522" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">With him in the studio was Keoni Wagner of Hawaiian Airlines, and on the phone were Tom Todaro, CEO of AltAir Fuels in Seattle, and John Heimlich, vice president and chief economist of the Air Transport Association in Washington, D.C.</div><br />Pat’s review of the show seems complete to me. I’ll just note the feeling of disappointment that arrived when the guests agreed that we won’t see significant gains in substituting biofuel for fossil-based jet fuel until the 2020’s at the earliest. As Pat notes, this is a decades-long quest, and we’ve already lost decades in arriving at this point.<br /><br />Next week’s guests will be the co-chairs of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum – Sharon Miyashiro and Mike Mamnett, both of the University of Hawaii. We’ll discuss the Forum’s legislative proposals for this year’s session, which begins on January 20.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">streamed on the Internet</a>. An archive file of each week’s show is usually posted sometime on Tuesday at the <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">Hawaii Public Radio website</a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-27139495682594911462010-01-09T17:15:00.007-10:002010-01-11T13:32:30.058-10:00Alternatives to Jet Fuel Topic of Monday’s ShowHawaii’s economy requires a healthy tourism industry to thrive. Tourism in turn requires affordable air transportation to the islands from both east and west.<br /><br />Jet fuel is the mother’s milk of Hawaii’s tourism industry, and when the price of oil increases, air travel becomes less affordable. That was never more obvious than in 2008, when oil prices soared to nearly 150 dollars per barrel. Record high oil prices and the worsening recession resulted in a steep downturn for our economy.<br /><br />Could it happen again? Many observers believe it’s inevitable as long as Hawaii’s economic survival remains so overwhelmingly dependent on oil. Monday’s Energy Futures program on Hawai Public Radio will look at recent efforts to find a replacement for jet fuel before oil runs out or becomes so expensive few will be able to afford air travel.<br /><br /><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010516458_biofuel16.html">AltAir Fuels Inc. of Seattle has signed an agreement with 14 airlines</a>, including Hawaiian Airlines, to supply them with plant-based biofuel. We’ll discuss those efforts with company CEO Tom Todaro by telephone. With us in the studio will be Hawaiian Airlines vice president and long-time spokesman Keoni Wagner.<div><br /></div><div>And we've added two other guests just today (1/11) -- John Heimlich, <a href="http://www.airlines.org/economics/review_and_outlook/econperspective2010.htm">vice president and chief economist</a> of the Air Transport Association, and Pat Takahashi, retired University of Hawaii profession and veteran of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute whose <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-takahashi/the-future-of-sustainable_b_270969.html">Huffington Post contribution a few months ago</a> predicted severe economic troubles for Hawaii if energy costs were to return to 2008 levels.<br /><br />Listeners can join the show by calling 941-3689 on Oahu and 1-877-941-3689 from the neighbor islands and beyond. Energy Futures is broadcast “live” on Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=117">streamed on the Internet</a>.</div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-92046081202181044812010-01-05T13:38:00.005-10:002010-01-10T10:04:11.122-10:00Solar Energy Issues Dominate Listeners’ Calls<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKEGSbreLxg8SqhmCQQ_1-5NPv_pWBBhHZxGskiqgSDKJJJTfeXxgswMj5gmQD_QrRh8A0uX6WYALPYR7whaidnBHvDhr5sjiyvgjOcvAtrvWoDaRzxoJXEF2CbURGH-AQFeLE81neVWe/s1600-h/B+%26+D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKEGSbreLxg8SqhmCQQ_1-5NPv_pWBBhHZxGskiqgSDKJJJTfeXxgswMj5gmQD_QrRh8A0uX6WYALPYR7whaidnBHvDhr5sjiyvgjOcvAtrvWoDaRzxoJXEF2CbURGH-AQFeLE81neVWe/s400/B+%26+D.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423405187887603602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Warren Bollmeier and Mark Duda</i></span></span></div>Energy Futures started the year yesterday by provoking a good number of calls from listeners with questions on solar energy-related topics -- installation, the proposed feed-in tariff system, net metering, etc.<br /><br />Most of our the answers were supplied by Mark Duda, president of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance president Warren Bollmeier contributed as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4fLkk_3Rm2vNUjmBDh_SIV_YOkiLHejN7gSlDgO3_4CZ9rJq72G9QEjvu6KlkZykGjCbr8TFGeKQt23eHexakeGvYSEPAyESbFoFeWfhejBR1_7wC0zeyqdT60uIsyMLgqXRWQTOz5p6/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-01-05+at+1.40.32+PM.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4fLkk_3Rm2vNUjmBDh_SIV_YOkiLHejN7gSlDgO3_4CZ9rJq72G9QEjvu6KlkZykGjCbr8TFGeKQt23eHexakeGvYSEPAyESbFoFeWfhejBR1_7wC0zeyqdT60uIsyMLgqXRWQTOz5p6/s200/Screen+shot+2010-01-05+at+1.40.32+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423405012507949762" /></a>Starting the program off was Dr. Sharon Miyashiro (<i>at left</i>), co-chair of the <a href="http://www.hawaiienergypolicy.hawaii.edu/">Hawaii Energy Policy Forum</a>, which will conduct a public legislative briefing at 10 -11 am Friday, January 8. Numerous energy-focused groups will have booth displays that day on the Capitol’s fourth floor.<br /><br />Dr. Miyashiro and Forum co-chair Dr. Mike Hamnett will be our Energy Futures guests on January 18. The Hawaii State Legislature convenes on January 20.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” Mondays 5-6 pm HST on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and also is streamed at that time <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">at the Hawaii Public Radio website</a>. Shows are archived for a few weeks after they’ve aired and are <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">available online for downloading</a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-27078100040024206362010-01-03T11:36:00.002-10:002010-01-03T11:39:44.793-10:00Show To Discuss Hawaii Energy Initiatives in ’10; Listeners Can Join In with Their Own Wish ListThe <a href="http://www.hawaiienergypolicy.hawaii.edu/">Hawaii Energy Policy Forum</a> will conduct its annual Legislative Briefing on January 8 this year, and we’ll start Monday’s Energy Futures programs with a general overview of the Forum’s outlook for this legislative session.<br /><br />Forum co-chair Dr. Sharon Miyashiro will join us by phone to open the show, and we’ll invite listeners to comment on the Forum’s plans and share their views on what’s needed from the Legislature this year to keep Hawaii on track to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.<br /><br />In the studio to answer listeners’ questions and share their own views will be Mark Duda, president of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, and Warren Bollmeier, president of the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” Mondays 5-6 pm HST and also is streamed at that time at the <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">Hawaii Public Radio websit</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/hawaiipublicradio.org/">e</a>. Shows are archived for a few weeks after they’ve aired and <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">are available online for downloading</a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-9018272720301264212009-12-29T09:21:00.009-10:002009-12-29T09:55:35.109-10:00Guests Cover Interisland Cable, Other Energy Issues As We Connect with a Listener in Far-Off Germany<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixu1pMSgC5_1N-zOpKH4_DcpE7FhgkKPc6p1BtCnzcnZlY1TK97FBWWYYi6SGR5XepcL6Vr_RETTDswuLgg5JZLU5z88-DTH2CEQz-iIq69SFide3wQCV6Bst3t81Q6Y6UbYgCIvE5rGlb/s1600-h/Josh+%26+Henry.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixu1pMSgC5_1N-zOpKH4_DcpE7FhgkKPc6p1BtCnzcnZlY1TK97FBWWYYi6SGR5XepcL6Vr_RETTDswuLgg5JZLU5z88-DTH2CEQz-iIq69SFide3wQCV6Bst3t81Q6Y6UbYgCIvE5rGlb/s400/Josh+%26+Henry.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420746534444832930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Josh Strickler and Henry Curtis in HPR's studio.</span></i></span></div>We jokingly billed yesterday’s program as the President Obama Call-in Show, since he’s spending the year-end holidays in Hawaii and -- as they used to say in radio – was "within the sound of my voice.”<br /><br />Predictably, that didn’t happen, but we did score the unusual – our first call from Europe from a listener in Germany who was following Energy Futures via <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">online streaming</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRYY5Cu81MD4AfsMwdUslxN6eS-3FmD4Mkx9be7zMCsUWOBLDwdrxk4UFCzfViyCgaogSnzMKfJAmSJisz7uQjYLSIACmhOkG4uRCai1JY7tuabBJNKittlDmL5emQwKObwcyfAlWrtW1/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-29+at+9.22.17+AM.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRYY5Cu81MD4AfsMwdUslxN6eS-3FmD4Mkx9be7zMCsUWOBLDwdrxk4UFCzfViyCgaogSnzMKfJAmSJisz7uQjYLSIACmhOkG4uRCai1JY7tuabBJNKittlDmL5emQwKObwcyfAlWrtW1/s200/Screen+shot+2009-12-29+at+9.22.17+AM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420740978635182146" /></a>Our guests were Representative Hermina Morita (<i>at right</i>), who was on Kauai; in the studio were State Renewable Energy Facilitator Josh Strickler and Life of the Land executive director Henry Curtis.<br /><br />A highlighted topic was the planned underwater electric cable system that would link Oahu, Molokai and Lanai into an electrical grid for the first time. Neighbor islanders called with a concern that their islands would be negatively impacted by development of 200+ megawatt wind farms that would feed power to an energy-hungry Oahu. You can listen to the hour-long program at <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">Hawaii Public Radio’s website once it’s posted there</a> (sometime later today).<br /><br />The first show of the New Year next Monday will be dedicated to transportation energy issues. Our intended guests will discuss development of an alternative to petroleum-based jet fuel and the latest plans to create a fleet of electric vehicles in the islands.<div><br /></div><div>Energy Futures is broadcast "live" 5-6 pm HST Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in the islands) and on the Internet via streaming.</div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-52589252430869571072009-12-24T16:08:00.005-10:002009-12-28T09:25:35.313-10:00Year-End Show Looks Both Ways on EnergyHawaii Public Radio’s Energy Futures show will end its first six months with a look back to renewable energy developments here in ’09 and a look ahead to what we can expect in the New Year -- especially in the Legislature's new session starting next month.<br /><br />Our guests will be state <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/house/members/rep14.asp">Representative Hermina Morita</a>, chair of the House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection; <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://hawaii.gov/gov/news/releases/2008/governor-lingle-names-joshua-strickler-as-energy">State Renewable Energy Facilitator Josh Strickler</a>, and Life of the Land's <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org/Hawaii-Energy-Blog.html">Executive Director Henry Curtis</a>.<br /><br />This will be a lively discussion, including Henry’s view in <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091224/OPINION03/912240307/Undersea+cable+could+cost+millions+more">a Honolulu Advertiser commentary today</a> that the publicly-stated costs for the planned underwater cable between the islands are understated.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast 5-6 pm HST each Monday on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and streamed on the Internet at <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">HPR’s website</a>. Call the show with your comments and questions; the number on Oahu is 808-941-3689 and from the neighbor islands, it’s 1-877-941-3689.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-86499645745151786862009-12-22T11:16:00.003-10:002009-12-22T11:33:31.811-10:00‘Age of Consumerism’ May Need Rethinking; Journalism Climate Summit Suggested Here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEAR1t-0Ww1NvonCnSANhzBN1hNgTmdohUO1uKsaYkI7drZDi5eSxzJOhruyid4CvQbFSLLo06ZWINvo2lyX-LVSuA9s3UrP_e3Ut10WEg6O3IU-UWKSNFgdRtgKiS6lT5OZGCT51Ag1M/s1600-h/12_21+EF+photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEAR1t-0Ww1NvonCnSANhzBN1hNgTmdohUO1uKsaYkI7drZDi5eSxzJOhruyid4CvQbFSLLo06ZWINvo2lyX-LVSuA9s3UrP_e3Ut10WEg6O3IU-UWKSNFgdRtgKiS6lT5OZGCT51Ag1M/s400/12_21+EF+photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418172615542843730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Drs. Tom Brislin, Toufiq Siddiqi and Susan Chandler in HPR's studio.</i></span></span></div>Guests spent the hour on Monday’s Energy Futures program reflecting on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and suggesting policy options that will be required for Hawaii to adapt to the climate realities of the 21st century.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/directory/?class_call=view&staff_ID=781">Dr. Toufiq Siddiqi</a> of the East–West Center was not as pessimistic as some about China’s refusal to allow inspections of its greenhouse gas emissions and presumed future reductions. He said it’s a relatively easy matter to know how much fuel is being burned. The Reaganesque “trust but verify” dictum may be outdated, he suggested.<br /><br />Drs. <a href="http://socialsciences.people.hawaii.edu/faculty/?dept=PPC&faculty=chandler@hawaii.edu">Susan Chandler</a> and <a href="http://socialsciences.people.hawaii.edu/faculty/?dept=PPC&faculty=tbrislin@hawaii.edu">Tom Brislin</a> of the University of Hawaii Public Policy Center predicted policy shifts that will help the state adapt to climate change. A major conundrum will be how Americans will adapt their own lifestyles if and when the fight against climate change becomes the moral equivalent of war. The Age of Consumerism that has been raging since World War II in the United States may soon be out of fashion.<br /><br />As the hour-long program wound down, participants discussed the role of the news media in “partnering” with government and others in the climate fight. Unanswered was the question whether media executives and gatekeepers are sufficiently educated on climate issues, and that led to suggestions that a global journalism summit could be held in Honolulu that would benefit from the leadership of the University of Hawaii and the East-West Center, whose <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/jefferson">Jefferson Fellowships journalism program</a> is highly-regarded.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” 5-6 pm HST on Mondays on Hawaii Public Radio's KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and via streaming on <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">HPR’s website</a>. Monday's show <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">has been archived</a> and will be available there for several weeks.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-77356808912574648752009-12-18T16:03:00.004-10:002009-12-18T16:10:12.342-10:00Post-Copenhagen, We Explore What It MeansThe Copenhagen Climate Change Conference apparently has ended with a whimper, although that may be too hasty an assessment. But if what was “decided” there isn't expected to actually start rolling back climate change, that assessment may be both hasty and accurate.<br /><br />My Energy Futures guests on Monday will have had nearly 72 hours to ponder the conference’s outcomes, so their analysis won’t be exactly instant. <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/directory/?class_call=view&staff_ID=781"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Dr. Toufiq Siddiqi</span></a> of the <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">East–West Center</span></a>, and Drs. <a href="http://socialsciences.people.hawaii.edu/faculty/?dept=PPC&faculty=chandler@hawaii.edu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Susan Chandler</span></a> and <a href="http://socialsciences.people.hawaii.edu/faculty/?dept=PPC&faculty=tbrislin@hawaii.edu"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Tom Brislin</span></a> of the <a href="http://www.publicpolicycenter.hawaii.edu/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">University of Hawaii Public Policy Center</span></a> will discuss what we’re likely to encounter in Hawaii and the Pacific as a result of a climate meeting that didn’t meet expectations.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” 5-6 pm HST Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is streamed on <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Hawaii Public Radio’s website</span></a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-64527590977722361532009-12-12T11:06:00.001-10:002009-12-12T11:08:05.963-10:00Talk of Copenhagen Includes Next GenerationThe Copenhagen Climate Change Conference is in its final days, and its outcome is as uncertain as the weather. We’ll try to make some sense of it with our two guests – Dr. Roger Lukas, professor of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii, and Natasha Reznickcheck, a student at Honolulu’s Academy of the Pacific.<br /><br />Dr. Lukas is a member of the generation that has confronted global warming with scientific research, while Ms. Reznickcheck represents the next generation that is starting to undertake energy-related projects at the school level. We intend to learn more from both.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” 5-6 pm HST on Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is streamed at <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">Hawaii Public Radio's website</a>.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-66397854686303097282009-12-08T07:55:00.006-10:002009-12-08T08:08:43.123-10:00Scientists Highlight Copenhagen’s Importance; Future Storms Likely to Cause Greater Damage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNxk1smWCZfZ0Lf3DHLa07oisyjvUIb7KAGjfm70QuOK7tHsHpdDCBj5LNkyhOUbAIxU-wBuDjj7vOUALDwamQtCyknw46uK30Z369WwxYkDPZPHRG5JTs4_Ct8CDfl8ZRGNtlB0Q-d6e/s1600-h/Hamilton.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNxk1smWCZfZ0Lf3DHLa07oisyjvUIb7KAGjfm70QuOK7tHsHpdDCBj5LNkyhOUbAIxU-wBuDjj7vOUALDwamQtCyknw46uK30Z369WwxYkDPZPHRG5JTs4_Ct8CDfl8ZRGNtlB0Q-d6e/s400/Hamilton.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412926271528339202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Dr. Kevin Hamilton in HPR's studios.</i></span></span></div>The news about climate change and emission mitigation is coming so fast it’s piling up on itself. The kickoff of the UN’s Copenhagen conference seemed like a good day for the US Environmental Protection Agency to declare <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126020179812780059.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular">greenhouse gas emissions a threat to public health</a>.<br /><br />That and other news was highlighted in this week’s Energy Futures program with guests Dr. John Barnes, principal investigator for the Mauna Loa Observatory, and Dr. Kevin Hamilton, University of Hawaii professor of meteorology and interim director of the International Pacific Research Center.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZEkZ_iR4zitn2-5QVNtlQqUx0PXxIVzqPMeJtSAQ1MDJLf9ovEvWgkRMHevKwBFCpUzSEVHAaEXhQWJaUxXjbsBlta_i6v5D7P15mMGQSrPve-i2AEO-it7VA9M9aCHjgwHt_EpcSz2K/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-05+at+4.04.12+PM.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 109px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZEkZ_iR4zitn2-5QVNtlQqUx0PXxIVzqPMeJtSAQ1MDJLf9ovEvWgkRMHevKwBFCpUzSEVHAaEXhQWJaUxXjbsBlta_i6v5D7P15mMGQSrPve-i2AEO-it7VA9M9aCHjgwHt_EpcSz2K/s200/Screen+shot+2009-12-05+at+4.04.12+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412926502551099794" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Barnes (at right) described the work of the observatory since 1958 in measuring the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 11,155 above sea level on the volcano’s slope. Those measurements have seen CO2 increase from 315 ppm in 1958 to 387 ppm recently. Barnes noted that the rate of increase is increasing.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Hamilton’s climate modeling work suggests that the intensity of cyclones and hurricanes is likely to increase by at least 10 percent due to the warming of the sea and atmosphere as greenhouse gases accumulate. Combined with sea level rise, future storms could be all the more destructive when they crash into islands and coastal regions.</div><br />Yesterday’s Energy Futures program will be archived at the <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">Hawaii Public Radio website</a> later today and will be available there for the next month or more. Energy Futures is broadcast “live” 5-6 pm HST on Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and via HPR’s website with audio streaming.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-59198245680602048172009-12-05T16:15:00.002-10:002009-12-05T16:20:40.413-10:00Pacific-Based Scientists To Discuss Copenhagen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjLChF7xoGyJeyPv9qNrzXk_HFhf5kCA4c4iK8NWQn6OG13TuZIl5muDX1knf6ie-sK9ckGYUCelx56SABRFu2c1Os8OlO7zAYEsHko1JQck87r_OV2nV0rZhqVM8MWRiUnTkiqQjq5_x/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-05+at+4.15.12+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjLChF7xoGyJeyPv9qNrzXk_HFhf5kCA4c4iK8NWQn6OG13TuZIl5muDX1knf6ie-sK9ckGYUCelx56SABRFu2c1Os8OlO7zAYEsHko1JQck87r_OV2nV0rZhqVM8MWRiUnTkiqQjq5_x/s400/Screen+shot+2009-12-05+at+4.15.12+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411941413107459794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Dr. Kevin Hamilton and Dr. John Barnes</i></b></span></span></div>The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference convenes on December 7th and will attract global attention to what some are calling the most important conversation in history.<br /><br />Hawaii Public Radio’s Energy Futures program will again focus on the conference Monday afternoon from a mid-Pacific perspective. Guests on our program will be <a href="http://www.mlo.noaa.gov/aboutus/meetthestaff.html">Dr. John Barnes</a>, principal investigator for the Mauna Loa Observatory, and <a href="http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/people/person.php?username=hamilton">Dr. Kevin Hamilton</a>, University of Hawaii professor of meteorology and interim director of the International Pacific Research Center.<br /><br />Energy Futures is broadcast “live” 5-6 pm HST on Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and via <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">HPR’s website with audio streamin</a>g. Listeners join the discussion with their comments and questions at 941-3689 on Oahu and 1-877-941-3689 from the neighbor islands and beyond.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-88216907648631703982009-12-02T14:43:00.002-10:002009-12-02T14:46:29.523-10:00Burkett, Tollifson, Mikulina See Climate Imperatives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRpf07p1TRfnPNd3lrdNXWH8VqiELIzT0P8WxzEafwu_9U7GeiZgCSHNrqoAiSd5urfEutTHemQahbAxbtmZpvGLaBDKFW27tktmR3OF9xN9Gonll1CDrM3dQlf6G47_M449u0vMWL1Rc/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-12-02+at+2.24.47+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRpf07p1TRfnPNd3lrdNXWH8VqiELIzT0P8WxzEafwu_9U7GeiZgCSHNrqoAiSd5urfEutTHemQahbAxbtmZpvGLaBDKFW27tktmR3OF9xN9Gonll1CDrM3dQlf6G47_M449u0vMWL1Rc/s400/Screen+shot+2009-12-02+at+2.24.47+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410804406048145602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Monday's guests: Maxine Burkett, Jim Tollifson, Jeff Mikulina</i></b></span></span></div>Monday’s guests on Hawaii Public Radio’s Energy Futures program – while representing diverse community interests – nevertheless spoke as one regarding the necessity to halt climate change. Their island home requires it.<br /><br />Our guests were Maxine Burkett, director of the Center on Island Climate Adaptation and Policy at the University of Hawaii; Jeff Mikulina, executive director of the Blue Planet Foundation, and Jim Tollefson, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. <br /><br />Each expressed concern that Copenhagen’s Climate Change Conference beginning on December 7 may not reach agreements on future emission targets for the most prolific polluting nations – most especially the United States, China and India. <br /><br />Sea levels already are rising and are guaranteed to continue that trend based on the amount of greenhouse gases that already are in the atmosphere and are certain to be there in future decades. That’s not good for island and coastal societies.<br /><br /><a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/audio/EF_113009.mp3">The program has been archived</a> at HPR’s website. Energy Futures is broadcast “live” 5-6 pm HST on Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and via HPR’s website with <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">audio streaming</a>. Listeners join the discussion with their comments and questions at 941-3689 on Oahu and 1-877-941-3689 from the neighbor islands and beyond.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-14433149095258918742009-11-25T17:49:00.006-10:002009-11-26T16:59:06.963-10:00Academia, Activism & Business Come Together on Energy Futures To Discuss Copenhagen TargetsNow we’re getting somewhere; the President has announced he’ll attend the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and is prepared to offer tentative targets for reducing US greenhouse gas emissions.<br /><br />It should be good material for our next Energy Futures program on Hawaii Public Radio. Our guests will be Copenhagen delegate and presenter Maxine Burkett, director of the <a href="http://www.law.hawaii.edu/icap">Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy</a> at the University of Hawaii law school; Jeff Mikulina, executive director of the <a href="http://blueplanetfoundation.org/">Blue Planet Foundation</a>, and Jim Tollefson, president and CEO of the <a href="http://cochawaii.com/">Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii</a>.<br /><br />You’re invited to tune in to the program, which airs “live” 5-6 pm HST Monday on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and via <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/">HPR’s website with audio streaming</a>. Listeners can call in with their questions and comments at 941-3689 on Oahu and 1-877-941-3689 from the neighbor islands and beyond.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-58341925246207275932009-11-25T06:27:00.005-10:002009-11-25T17:07:21.640-10:00Next Generation Already Participating on Climate<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuJVRvyx7W7wQj6ZsF2No2Ws0XmBY9akJe4MZDNkQPP0uL1BmwA0eLWay1w_sE_Xz1LAFfCWeoi5Oe1J6LigCeOnMuVCgzi5frURrMk256AcmBP3a1aG_nMCiSOZyZdVcZSqS9L-l0w5S/s1600/James+and+Carol.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuJVRvyx7W7wQj6ZsF2No2Ws0XmBY9akJe4MZDNkQPP0uL1BmwA0eLWay1w_sE_Xz1LAFfCWeoi5Oe1J6LigCeOnMuVCgzi5frURrMk256AcmBP3a1aG_nMCiSOZyZdVcZSqS9L-l0w5S/s400/James+and+Carol.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408079978806054802" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>James Koshiba and Carol Feinga were this week's guests.</i></span></span></div>Energy Futures joins the rest of the planet in directing our attention toward Copenhagen, Denmark, where the officially named Conference of Participants will attempt to hammer out an agreement among 192 nations to cut greenhouse gases in the decades ahead.<br /><br />Our guests on our most recent program (11/23) were Carol Feinga from the Kokua Hawaii Foundation and James Koshiba of Kanu Hawaii. Our topic was educating the next generation(s) about the consequences of climate change and sea level riser. <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">The program can be accessed at Hawaii Public Radio’s website</a>.<br /><br />Guests next week on Energy Futures will include Copenhagen delegate Maxine Burkett, director of the Center on Climate Adaptation and Policy at the University of Hawaii law school; Jeff Mikulina, executive director of the Blue Planet Foundation, and Jim Tollefson, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. We’ll examine climate issues from our island perspective.<br /><br />Energy Futures airs “live” 5-6 pm HST Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/">streamed at that time at HPR’s website</a>. Listeners can call in with their questions and comments at 941-3689 on Oahu and 1-877-941-3689 from the neighbor islands and beyond.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-51540596412467647892009-11-22T09:58:00.003-10:002009-11-22T20:32:25.995-10:00Will Next Generation Pursue Copenhagen’s Goals?Hawaii has as much as any society hanging on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, which convenes two weeks from tomorrow. Sea level rise assessments for this century range from 25 centimeters to a meter, and those are so-called “conservative” estimates.<br /><br />Someone recently said sea level rise wouldn’t be a problem for Hawaii, since the state’s mean elevation is 3,035 feet. “We all can move to the Big Island,” he said – in jest. Obviously, anything approaching or exceeding a meter of rise will have profound effects on the islands’ population, most of whom either live or work in neighborhoods where even periodic high water incursion would be life-changing.<br /><br />No matter what happens in Copenhagen, the current generation of grade school and junior high school students and those not yet born will have to live with the results. They’ll be the ones to carry the fight against climate change throughout this century.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">They will, won’t they?</span></b></span><br /><br />One would think so. The generation that’s convening in Copenhagen certainly expects that fight to continue long after they’re no longer on the scene. Energy Futures tomorrow will focus on what’s being done locally to prepare the younger generation for the effort their elders want them – actually, expect them – to pursue.<br /><br />Our guests will be Carol Feinga from the Kokua Hawaii Foundation and James Koshiba of Kanu Hawaii. Both organizations have programs in place to instill a sense of ownership among young people for the century-long environmental issues they’ll face.<br /><br />Energy Futures airs “live” 5-6 pm HST Mondays on KIPO-FM (89.3 in Hawaii) and is streamed at that time at <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/">Hawaii Public Radio’s website</a>. Listeners can call in with their questions and comments at 941-3689 on Oahu and 1-877-941-3689 from the neighbor islands and beyond.Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-37337157716076495252009-11-14T03:31:00.009-10:002014-03-31T07:29:23.542-10:00Dr. Stephen Schneider Returns as Show’s Guest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKe9uOOBcBgn7k9UmuHSGqEiyfOJA-O2Y2cI7gVSBxfWbsMpNK9I1YQeK9y4WAp1gpQEEPC2uL8Uh7BW-QijazHU47x6bIB06IG0X2HohnbApprME0IsZFMBO30IKfngS1xCKIjEaUHEzq/s1600-h/Picture+3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKe9uOOBcBgn7k9UmuHSGqEiyfOJA-O2Y2cI7gVSBxfWbsMpNK9I1YQeK9y4WAp1gpQEEPC2uL8Uh7BW-QijazHU47x6bIB06IG0X2HohnbApprME0IsZFMBO30IKfngS1xCKIjEaUHEzq/s400/Picture+3.png" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403951621225595202" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 297px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 395px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">July 19, 2010 Update: Dr. Stephen Schneider died this date in Europe. <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Dr.StephenSchneiderInterviewAugust2009">Our "Energy Futures" interview has been archived on the Internet</a>.</span></div>
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We can’t get enough of acclaimed climate scientist Dr. Stephen Schneider of Stanford University and a member of the Nobel-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. That's why we’re replaying our interview with him that originally aired on Hawaii Public Radio’s KIPO-FM on August 17. (Travel has necessitated some taped programs recently, but we’ll resume our live-in-the-studio shows on November 23.)<br />
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With the Copenhagen Climate Conference just weeks away, Schneider’s views are as timely as ever. Do yourself a favor and learn a thing or two you probably didn't already kinow by tuning in at 89.3 in Hawaii or use the streaming link on the Internet “live” at 5 pm HST Monday, November 16 (10 pm EST).Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-61459103544267020912009-11-09T07:01:00.003-10:002009-11-09T07:05:54.327-10:00An Anniversary, a Birthday, and a Show on OTECWe’re lagging behind in our posts here – the regrettable consequence of some travel, so we missed posting here about the November 2nd Energy Futures show on hydrogen as an energy source. <a href="http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=118">The archived program can still be accessed for a few weeks</a>.<br /><br />But today’s show is something we’re compelled to write about, notwithstanding today being the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall to the irresistible force of democracy. (We have a personal enthusiasm for the anniversary, having been stationed in West Berlin in some of the coldest days of the Cold War in the 1960s.) And it’s also the birthday of our younger son, who became a teenager on that fateful day in 1989. Our world changed, indeed!<br /><br />Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion gets a full hour of discussion and hopeful speculation today on Energy Futures, Hawaii Public Radio’s weekly energy-focused program. Guests are Hans Krock and Gerhard Nihous, both affiliated with the University of Hawai`i and both long-time OTEC advocates, researchers and would-be developers. <div><br /></div><div>It's the OTEC Hour, so please tune in 5-6 pm HST today on KIPO-FM, 89.3 in Hawaii; the show will be <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">streamed live on the Internet</a> and later archived at the same site as shown above.</div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324177945389647128.post-60931101048482755532009-10-22T22:06:00.004-10:002009-10-22T22:12:15.050-10:00Monday’s Energy Futures Show: Sea Level Rise<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLKlrR-T65rCvuCY_8X78Mu6KIj_jwTvz5bKySrU9dExIjGfKzMuHMwgwix4kSXWJ9NWgZq-CjWfhrQR8LBGruEcpAKJVqQB-xfI9j1K_HDAMxU70_cAoUinDNl4efxp6P2ps5pYr7AH1/s1600-h/Picture+9.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLKlrR-T65rCvuCY_8X78Mu6KIj_jwTvz5bKySrU9dExIjGfKzMuHMwgwix4kSXWJ9NWgZq-CjWfhrQR8LBGruEcpAKJVqQB-xfI9j1K_HDAMxU70_cAoUinDNl4efxp6P2ps5pYr7AH1/s200/Picture+9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395704122244433442" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The inspiration for the <a href="http://www.bluelineproject.org/about.php">Blue Line Project</a> this weekend in Hawaii might well be <a href="http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/asp/GG/people/people.asp?ID=2198">Professor Chip Fletcher</a> of the University of Hawaii. Fletcher studies sea level rise at home and around the Pacific and has had an impact on public consciousness with his computer-generated graphic. His computer program draws a blue line through Honolulu to show the high-water impacts. HPR’s Energy Futures program on Monday will feature Fletcher and Associate Professor of Law Maxine Burkett, who directs the <a href="http://www.islandclimate.com/">Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy</a> at UH’s William S. Richardson School of Law. The show will be broadcast at 5 pm HST next Monday on KIPO-FM (89.3) and streamed at that hour on <a href="http://hawaiipublicradio.org/">HPR’s website</a>.</div>Doug Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10191683240304122047noreply@blogger.com0