Clean Energy, Green Party, Politics. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Thomas Brandt. Tom Brandt came within a whisker of being the Green Party candidate for Governor and a memorable experience was had by all. Mr. Brandt has some very unique proposals re Hawaii attaining energy independence, and on funding […]
Solar Coaster (Code Green)
Solar Energy Propels Hawaii. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Tom Cory and Scott Wishart. Solar energy has progressed from water heating to photovoltaics to storage and now comes “interconnectedness as the new power plant”. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nMw4RxJwoYzhZyXl8mz7hp Please visit our ThinkTech website at […]
Pacific Islanders and Climate Change (Code Green)
Pacific Islanders, Exodus, Loss of Habitat. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Gail Grabowsky and Rhea Jose. A United Nations Agency, headquartered in Honolulu, focuses on the Pacific Islander exodus. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nMw4RxJwoYzhZyXl8mz7hp Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think […]
Accelerating Native Reforestation (Code Green)
Desertification, Reforestation, Trees. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Jason Preble, Christian Torres-Santana and Emily Grave. Reforestation is a major player in absorbing carbon and cooling the planet. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nMw4RxJwoYzhZyXl8mz7hp Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories […]
Income Inequality and the Carbon Tax (Code Green)
Tax Fairness Might Lie in the Carbon Tax. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Sara Bower. Warren Buffet says, “My secretary pays more taxes than I do.” A path to a fair tax system may be by instituting a carbon tax with built-in checks and balances that lessens the burden […]
Income Inequality and the Carbon Tax (Code Green)
Tax Fairness Might Lie in the Carbon Tax. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Sara Brower. One of the prime causes of today’s social unrest is the bifurcation of the economy. The middle class is stable but shrinking; the rich are getting richer and the ultra-rich are harvesting larger and […]
Carbon Capture in Hawaii (Code Green)
Hawaii Joins the Carbon Capture Crusade. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Christie Gamble. Carbon dioxide emissions are the prime cause of climate change. The most effective action is to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and transform it into a useful product that lasts for centuries. Some cement companies are […]
Housing the Houseless: Skid Row to Honolulu (Code Green)
Using Shipping Containers as Low Cost Homes. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Purnima McCutcheon. One of the core problems faced by wealthy nations worldwide is the plight of the houseless. A few architects have reached an innovative way of partially solving the problem. They build multi-family, multi-floor buildings on […]
Destruction or Deconstruction (Code Green)
Deconstructed Old Homes Are Very Valuable. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Ariana Whalem and Harley Didriksen. Old homes can be very valuable–the fine oak, cedar or redwood boards, the craftsman cabinetry, the old mirrors and doors–true collectables. Concrete is crushed and reused as fill material. Old rebars are made […]
Building Codes Via National Consensus (Code Green)
Energy Codes Build Energy Efficiency. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Duane Jonlin. Energy efficiency in buildings–using the best building materials so that homes and buildings have near thermos-like performances–and selecting the highest-performing air conditioners, furnaces and appliances is by far the quickest and most cost-effective path to building a […]