Oracle billionaire CEO Larry Ellison is spending a fortune to make the Hawaiian island of Lanai into an environmentally sustainable enterprise.
Ellison bought 98 percent of the 141-square-mile island from fellow billionaire David Murdock in June.
For the price, Ellison's bought two resorts a golf courses, a variety of commercial and residential structures and vast acres of pineapple fields. Of course, he does not live there but is effectively the King of the Island.
According to the news channel CNBC, Ellison said that Lanai is a very interesting project and he wanted to turn the country into a model for sustainable enterprise.
He plans to convert sea water into fresh water and have organic farms all over the island. Hopefully we are going to export produce.
Ellison has plans to help local people start such businesses and said the island would have electric cars.
Reuters claims that King Ellison has a lot of support amongst his subjects. They say they knew they could not make much dosh off of tourism and this sort of cunning plan will be a winner.
Ellison has been a "King over the Water" and has not actually met with the community to talk about his plans. Murdock did meet with the islanders, made lots of promises, but nothing happened.
Apparently the islanders prefer someone who makes his promises at a distance.
Ellison recently paid for a refurbishment of the island's public pool and recreation centre as well as upgrades to workers' housing around the island so they think he is more serious.
The RSKB - Royal Society for the Killing of Birds, would like for your Heid Bummer to chop and change, so as to mince us some mor fit Wind-Farms on your wee quaint island of Lanai.
As ye must shorely ken, we'd reckon that your Wind wuude blether in toto sustainability - and it waw coom at a time whilst an indomitable: "The-Donald", whoon isa havering the shores of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is sorely gaun sucking auld the wind rit oot tae hoorin surf of the Furry Boots Toone. I cannae dae nuthin aboot da dobber; at's a real estate humdinger oan ease haid!
Boot, I ken whit ah wid dae eef I wah ye, auld Larry: I'd sow me seeds een da fitty states an liv da Camen Islands adieu.
The Kaheawa Wind Farm produces 30 Megawatts.
The MECO owned OIL-based power Plant on Lanai only manages 10.4 Megawatts. Barely enough to power all of the new GREEN Ellison & DHARMA Initiatives with traffic lights, shopping malls, and the Pineapple Express public transportation.
Perhaps wave energy converters would be less ugly than wind turbines. Think GREEN, Kiwini!
Of course my original comment was about Donald Trump and people who offshore their money in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying income tax, like Mitt Romney.