Author: Panos Prevedouros
Panos Prevedouros, Ph.D., is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Hawaii and past candidate for Honolulu mayor. He can be reached at Panos.Prevedouros@gmail.com
Website: http://boss.hawaiireporter.com/members/panosprevedouros/
Articles by Panos Prevedouros:
Sierra Club Used Wrong Population Projections in Support of Honolulu’s Rail
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 in Guest Commentary&Transportation & Rail
BY DR. PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD- The Sierra Club is on record opposing urban sprawl and agricultural parcel destruction, and I applaud them for these goals. But their Oahu Group supports a Kapolei to downtown heavy rail line as the tool to accomplish this. Anthony Aalto, Chair of the Sierra Club, Oahu Group made a presentation [...]
Read Full Article >>Big Rooftop Solar Panels Make Sense in Hawaii - Without Any Subsidies!
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 in Guest Commentary
Question: Does $150,000 installed cost for approximately 45 MW make sense? Answer: Yes, but only in Honolulu. Explanation: There’s a lot involved, so read on… This Honolulu central business district rooftop installation has 183 photovoltaic (PV) panels. At the common electricity generation rate of 250 Watts per panel this system has a total capacity of [...]
Read Full Article >>Hawaii Government Cannot Perform Basic Government Functions
Monday, April 1st, 2013 in Guest Commentary
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - Inspections is a very basic function of government. Inspections minimize errors and fraud. On March 2013 Hawaii State Auditor reported on the Hawaii's Measurement Standards Branch. The three bullets below are highlights of the auditor's summary. The third bullet is a true Jay Leno joke. But this one is real. The Measurement [...]
Read Full Article >>Honolulu Rail: A Textbook Case Of Poor Planning, Denial And Diversion
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 in Guest Commentary&Transportation & Rail
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - This is an important article of national and local significance. Honolulu's only daily, the Star Advertiser, would not publish it. They have not published anything I have submitted since 2009. Please show them that information cannot be suppressed. Forward and share it widely. I added this postscript: Now as a responsible pro-rail politician, go ahead and deny [...]
Read Full Article >>Could Repeal of the Jones Act Actually Happen?
Monday, March 18th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - Transportation analyst and presidential advisor Bob Poole of the Reason Foundation raises this question, which is critical to Hawaii. Here is his analysis:. All highlights were added by me. "I’m not sure how many readers are aware of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, generally known as the Jones Act. For 90 [...]
Read Full Article >>Honolulu’s Poor Economic Growth and What to Do about It
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
By Panos D. Prevedouros, PhD - Brookings Institution, rated No. 1 think tank in the world, published the Global Metro Monitor update which “provides economic growth data.” Where does Honolulu rank among 300 cities? It ranks 284th for the 1993 to 2007 period, and 217th for the 2007 to 2011 period. Honolulu ranks 54th in [...]
Read Full Article >>Poop Powers Zoom Zoom!
Monday, March 4th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - Furthering the efforts of recycling, re-use and sustainability, Bristol, UK water and sewer company has developed infrastructure to produce methane-based biogas from sewage waste, clean it from its high content of CO2 and fuel cars with it. Remarkably, they claim that... poop from 70 homes can power this Bug for 10,000 miles! [...]
Read Full Article >>Where is Hawaii Transportation Headed?
Monday, March 4th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
Author's note: These remarks were made to the Hawaii Venture Capital Association and ThinkTech Transportation Panel, Plaza Club, February 28, 2013. BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - Aloha and thank you for the opportunity to present you my take on the future of transportation in Hawaii. Honolulu has among the nation's worst quality roads. Honolulu has among the [...]
Read Full Article >>Oahu Should Increase Electricity Production from Trash
Monday, February 25th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
Honolulu has the most expensive electricity rates among U.S. metro areas, by far. Oahu makes about 8% of its electricity from trash. It should plan to make 20% by 2020. Oahu generates thousands of tons of paper, plastic, and cardboard trash. This is free fuel for the production of electricity. Instead of making power with it, we waste [...]
Read Full Article >>Electric Rates Punish EVs – Energy from Trash – Recycling Guide – Growth in Hawaii – Forecasting Balloons
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 in Guest Commentary
BY PANOS PREVEDOUROS PHD - HECO and her sisters “punish” electric cars in Hawaii: "In the U.S., the cost of electricity varies far more widely than the cost of gasoline, from a kilowatt-hour average of 8 cents in Washington State to 36 cents in Hawaii. Because of the variety of utility rates in the U.S., [...]
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