Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 4, 1 April 1991 — Trustee Akaka from page 16 [ARTICLE]

Trustee Akaka from page 16

distrust and resentment. However, on the county level under our new Mayor Lorraine lnouye, there is beginning to be a legitimate eoneem shown after all these years. Dellinger has said he feels "Hawai'i island should not be the energy colony for the whole state." Furthermore, the ramifications of the Gulf war leave the United States in a power position atop the largest oil reserves on the plant. According to Raymond Learsy, an international oil trader, in the New York Times, March 8, the price of oil will be driven down in order to save the U.S. economy. This in turn will make the price of geothermal energy far more expensive than fossil fuel. And we in Hawai'i will have endangered our environment (our golden egg) for naught. Our wealth remains in our capacity to preserve the natural beauty of these islands. The sooner the tourist tycoons appreciate that, the better off they and all of us will be. Malama pono. Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono.