Bill Will Repeal Ethanol Requirement

SB 2339 which will repeal the requirement that gasoline contain 10% ethanol, passed out of the Senate by a 23 – 2 vote on March 6. When the ethanol requirement was established several years ago I voted in opposition to it due to the cost and the negative effect the blended gasoline had on various types of vehicles and engines. For SB 2339 I voted in favor of repealing the law and was a primary co-sponsor to the bill with Senators English, Chun-Oakland, Kidani, and Tsutsui. The bill went to the House where is passed out of the Transportation Committee. It has to clear 2 more committees in the House.

Undersea cable a multibillion boondoggle

By State Senator Fred Hemmings

The proposed undersea cable that is supposed to connect Lanai, Molokai, Maui, and Oahu is economic lunacy and larceny. According to the Jan. 4 edition of “Engineering News Record,” a most respected publication, the cable and wind farms could eventually cost up to $6 billion and take 10 years to complete. The cable would strengthen Hawaiian Electric’s monopoly grids and cost the tax- and ratepayers billions to fund this project. Millions have already been spent on studying the ocean floor, the grid, marketing and more. It seems that none of the parties involved have done the basic math.

Read the entire article at StarBulletin.com