Ted Liu
Ted Liu
acceptable address imported oil policy price
Hawaii's overdependence on imported oil is not acceptable and we need to address it with something more than short-term policy of price controls.
abundant attracting capital expertise fuel future geographic high hydrogen ideal investing lead limited location recognized renewable technology transition wisely
The state's combination of abundant renewable resources, high fuel prices, limited geographic area, and recognized expertise in hydrogen technology R&D, makes it an ideal location to lead the state's transition to a renewable energy-to-hydrogen economy. By attracting considerable investments of capital and expertise to Hawaii, we will be investing wisely for our future needs.
criticized missions trade
To me that's the only way that these trade missions should be done. If we weren't doing this, probably we would get criticized for doing too little.
accept anybody cooperate department direction establish extent happy objective review types wants
To the extent the Legislature wants to give the department some direction as to how these private-public partnerships should be done in the future, we would be more than happy to accept that direction. To the extent that the objective of having the auditor or anybody else review what we have done is to establish those types of parameters, we ... would cooperate fully.