As I write this, the first Election Day printouts are in and it looks like Neil Abercrombie and Brian Shatz have an insurmountable lead for the Governorship and Lieutenant Governorship of Hawai‘i.

We are truly at a crossroads in human history, and it is going to take real leadership to lead all of us to greener pastures. I have all the confidence in the world in Neil Abercrombie’s leadership abilities. He will take us there!

In terms of renewable energy, we must utilize our natural resources to their maximum potential. What we have here on the Big Island is truly extraordinary. While the rest of the world is fearful of a decline in available energy, we here in Hawai‘i have the most powerful energy source available to us. It is geothermal.

What if we could connect all the islands to this energy? What if we all shared, so everybody on every island pays the same low amount? What if this cost would hardly rise?

And what if this source of energy would last 500,000 to a million years? Wouldn’t we fix whatever it is that’s holding us back?

I feel good about Abercrombie and Shatz being elected, and confident that we will take the right path to the future.

For the sake of future generations: Not, no can. CAN!