These renewable energy sources are important for several reasons: they reduce the amount of waste going into the landfills, they reduce Hawaii's dependence on fossil fuels such as oil, and they protect the environment by reducing the amount of emissions into the air and preventing runoff from landfills into sediments. However, problems exist with renewable energy sources that prevent an extensive use of this helpful tool in the islands. Mainly, renewable energy systems are capital intensive and accordingly, require a large initial capital investment. ... There should be financial incenti...

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Conserving Natural Resources The first one is the conservation of natural resources consumed. ... If we take aluminum as an example, this kind of recycling could save around 90% of energy consumption from extracting new aluminum from Bauxite(an natural ore of Aluminum). ... It saves money, time and energy to acquire some new raw materials. ... Incineration requires a huge sum of energy supply during operation and induces various air pollutants like NOx and SO2 and suspended particulates. ...

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