ʻO kēia ka hā-a ʻoi loa ka ʻeleʻele nui ʻole o ka ʻĀkau Hikina i nā makahiki he kanahā, mai ka makahiki 1965.
ʻO ka laulā—mai Detroit a Ottawa a hiki i New York a me New Jersey—he weliweli loa, ʻoiai ʻo ia ma muli o ka naʻaupō a me ka palaho.
ʻAʻole helu kēia i nā pōʻeleʻele i kū mai Kaleponi ma 2000-2001. ʻO ia nā "blackmails," i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Enron a me nā hui kinoea ʻē aʻe o Bush e ʻoki i $60 biliona mai ka mokuʻāina, e alakaʻi ana, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ka hoʻokuke ʻia ʻana o Gov. Gray Davis.
I ka pio ʻana o nā kukui, honi ʻo Davis i nā wāwae o John Bryson o Kaleponi Hema ʻo Edison, nāna i hana i kahi bila deregulation i hoʻopau i $30 biliona mai ka poʻe uku uku no nā nukes i hāʻule ʻole. ʻO ia ka mea i wehe i nā ʻīpuka no ka poʻe pōā kinoea e ʻaihue hou i $60 biliona. Ua loaʻa ʻo Davis i ka hope.
ʻO nā mea hewa i kēia pōʻino ma ka hikina hikina hikina ke ʻano like - nā barona o ka mōʻalihaku a me ka mana nuklea a me kā lākou poʻe ʻohana i ka ʻoihana uila.
ʻO kā lākou "mea kaua" he pahu uila kahiko i hala ʻole inā ʻaʻole ʻino. He mea maalea loa ia o Rube Goldberg e kaa ana i ka uila mai ka pipiʻi, ka haumia a me ka palekana loa i nā mea kanu i nā hale e hoʻopau i ka ikehu nui a ʻaʻole e hoʻohua.
E hāʻule hou a paʻa hou ka mānoanoa. ʻO ka nīnau wale nō, ʻo wai ka poʻe hoʻoweliweli maoli: nā pupule hewa i puhi i nā mea, a i ʻole nā pono i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hōʻole e hoʻololi?
Aia ka ʻenehana i kēia manawa no ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia pilikia. Ma ka waena o ka makahiki 1990, ua manaʻo ka poʻe kākoʻo o ka ikehu ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Kaleponi i kahi mosaic 600-megawatt o ka lā, makani a me nā mea hana hou e hiki ke pale i ka pilikia deregulatory hoʻopunipuni o 2000-1. Ua ʻae ʻia e ka California Public Utilities Commission, akā pepehi ʻia e Southern California Edison a me ka Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
I kēia lā, makemake ka Bush Administration e kākoʻo hou aku i kāna mau hoaaloha mōʻalihaku / pono me ka bila ikehu maikaʻi ʻole, a ma ka ninini ʻana i nā piliona i ka "hoʻomaikaʻi" i ka pā uila. ʻO ka mea maopopo wale nō, e pau nā keneta o ia kālā.
I ka makahiki 1952, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike Blue Ribbon iā Harry Truman i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ikaika o ʻAmelika e hoʻomaha me ka lā. Ua wānana ʻo ia he 13 miliona mau hale i hoʻohana ʻia i ka lā ma 1975, a me ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki no ka decentralized, off-grid self-sufficiency.
Akā, ua lawe ʻo Dwight Eisenhower iā mākou i loko o ka lua o ka "Peaceful Atom". He trillion kālā ma hope mai, he hapalua haneli o nā pahu kuʻi a me nā nukes pōʻino i pilikia i ka hoʻoweliweli a pono e pani pono i ka wā e pono ai lākou, e like me kā lākou i hana ai i kēia pōʻeleʻele hou loa. ʻO ka pila hou o ka ikaika o Bush e hoʻonui i ke kūlana, me ka nui o nā haʻawina nuke a me ka ikaika ikaika no nā wahie fossil, ʻoi aku ka lanahu.
Ke koi nei ka ʻōnaehana holoʻokoʻa i ka deconstruction ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Mākaukau nā ʻenehana o ka lā e hoʻokō pono i ka ikehu. Hiki i nā pūnaewele Photovoltaic ma luna o nā hale a hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā puka makani ke hoʻohua i ka uila manuahi ʻole, me ka pākaukau a i ʻole ka wahie-cell backup. Hiki i ka mana Geothermal ke wela a hoʻolili me ka mana o ka ʻāʻī o ka honua. Hiki ke hoʻolilo i ka ʻōpala i ke kinoea hoʻohana. Hiki i nā mea hana ma lalo ke hoʻohana i nā wahie biomass e like me ka ethanol a me ka soy diesel no ka hoʻokō pono ʻole.
ʻAʻole pono kēia mau ʻōnaehana e hāʻawi i ka 100% o ka ikehu o ka hale, akā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonui iā lākou iho. I kēia manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomehana ʻana, nā kukui a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻomaha e hōʻemi i ka noi. Hiki i nā Windows e wehe a pani maoli ke kaulike i ka hoʻohana ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana ma ke kūkulu ʻana.
ʻO ka "hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka mānoanoa" ʻo Bush, ʻo ia ka lua kālā hou no nā nuke palekana ʻole like ʻole, nā mea puhi lanahu a me nā turbine kinoea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā kumukūʻai i skyrocketS (ua hui pū ʻia e nā uea pōʻino a pau ʻole e paʻa mau ana.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Kapalakiko i kahi ʻāpana o ka palapala hoʻopaʻa lehulehu e kau ai i ka mua o ka hanauna hou o nā cell solar ma luna o kona kikowaena Moscone Center. Hiki i kēlā mau keena like ke mālama i ka Madison Square Garden a i ʻole kekahi hale Manhattan ʻē aʻe i kūkulu ʻia a holo i ka wā o kēia pau ʻana. E ʻike maikaʻi paha ka poʻe New York i ka wā aʻe?
Ua mākaukau ka ʻenehana no kahi ʻōnaehana mana hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka lā. ʻAʻole pono mākou i nā holomua noiʻi nui.
Pono mākou i ka makemake o ka lehulehu a me ka hiki ke hoʻolako kālā piha. A e ho'ōki i ka hana hou ʻana i nā hewa like ʻole no ka mea ʻo nā mea pono a me nā fossil/nuke e hoʻolilo i ka poʻe kālai'āina i ka mana.
ʻAʻole kēia he ʻepekema rocket. He manaʻo maʻamau wale nō ia, ʻike ʻia e nā mea a pau mai ka makahiki 1952.
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