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Flyaway to Hawaii
“Aloha LBT”
Little Big Town and Harley Davidson have teamed up to give away a four day / three night trip to Hawaii where the lucky winner and a guest will attend Little Big Town’s July 4th concert at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. There are some great second and third prizes, courtesy of Harley-Davidson.
Grand Prize:
One (1) [...]
Honolulu the Greenest City in the Nation
The Brookings Institution announced that Honolulu is the greenest city in the nation on thursday.
According to their report Honolulu Hawaii generates the least amount of carbon dioxide pollution among the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas.
The report says that Honolulu, Hawaii produced only about 1.36 metric tons of carbon emissions per person in [...]
Bodyboarding Hawaii
Body boarding in Hawaii 2008. A cool video of a bunch of body boarders on the North Shore of Hawaii (Oahu).
Technorati Tags: body boarding, Hawaii, Hawaii Video, north shore, Oahu, surfing
Museums on the Big Island of Hawaii
The Big Island of Hawaii offers many museums for the visitor and for locals alike. Here are some popular ones.
Hulihe’e Palace
75-5718 Ali’i Drive Kailua-Kona
(808) 329-1877
A Victorian style building built in 1838 for Hawaii’s first governor and was the vacation residence of Hawaiian royalty. The Palace contains period furnishings and artifacts. This building received some damage [...]
HPD Considers Hybrids
With the high cost of fuel the Honolulu Police Dept. wants to save themselves and you the taxpayer some money by going green.
The police chief wants to purchase a seven-car test fleet of hybrids, including six sedans and one sport utility vehicle like a Ford Escape Hybrid. It has two power plants, a 4-cylinder [...]
Renewable Energy From the Deep Ocean
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a method for generating electricity which uses the temperature difference that exists between deep and shallow waters of the ocean to run a heat engine.
Almost all of the major U.S. OTEC experiments have taken place in Hawaii. The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) has been recognized as [...]
