Column: Isles need a firm-energy backup when solar goes dark

On Oct. 19, this newspaper section published three articles asking the question, “Will LNG be in isles’ clean-energy future?” Two of them made emotional pleas to not use liquefied natural gas because it is not a green fuel, instead advocating “solutions” like balcony panels, batteries and permitting. The third made the case for LNG, demonstrating that batteries can never be a solution for solar (or wind) weather disruptions.

See the original article at: Honolulu Star-Advertiser