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Jay and Josh go after the biggest of energy questions and enlist nuclear Physicist, Mark Henderson, to share his experience and quest to create Nuclear Fusion on a scale never before attempted. One million components, ten million parts ... the ITER Tokamak will be the largest and most powerful fusion device in the world. Designed to produce 500 MW of fusion power for 50 MW of input heating power (a power amplification ratio of 10), it will take its place in history as the first fusion device to create net energy. Can the benefits of ITER be realized in the form of commercially available Fusion in time to meet our energy needs before climate change inextricably alters planet earth? How will renewables play a role in getting us to this point in time? How can Fission play its part? Tune in to hear the big energy story you've never heard before.

Jay and Josh own up to their neglect of the year's most exciting Future Focus content. Each show schedule the fellas look to hit the Future Focus section at shows end but due to extreme disorganization and dysfunctional time management capabilities they rarely get to this coveted section of the show. Tune in and hear all about the best tech (that isn't yet but soon could be) on this - our Future Focus Orphans Show!

Jump on the SolarCoaster with Josh and Jay and get an insiders view of Maui at a Community forum held Thursday 11/29/18 by Maui Electric that covered Climate Change and its many implications. See how Maui county is taking steps protect its citizens with speakers from UH, HYPER Comm, MECO, Maui County, Pacific Disaster Research Center and MEM. Solar plus storage continue to be a shining light when a fragile electric grid is put to the test from Typhoon, Tsunami, Wildfires, King Tides among other threats. The new NEM Plus category that will allow existing system owners to integrate batteries is a great example of how more citizens can take steps to become energy independent contributing to Maui's resiliency.

R u Ready to take a ride on the world's first Legit Electric Truck, The Rivian R1T, with Josh and Jay?!! Direct from the LA Auto Show Floor, Day One! Michael Mikail from Rivian talks about the history, specs and implications of this game changing technology. Boris Von Borman of Renu Ventures chimes in and sets the stage putting LA Auto Show into its proper EV evolution context. Boris helps the Coaster get an inside track on where the auto industry sits at this critical moment and the impending EV takeover timeline ahead. Will Maui get a Rivan first by dropping paddle boarders to their favorite launch site for a north shore downwind? then only to make its own way back to pick them up in Kahului Harbor...L5 AUTONOMOUS? Level 2 and beyond autonomy here we come and the mind blowing potential of outdoor adventuring being bolstered with autonomous electric vehicles gets its due air time right here ..only on the SolarCoaster Maui!

On the eve of the fourth federal climate change report Josh and Jay take a serious tone. With impending climate disaster coming into focus and Hawaii on the front lines, time is of the essence. Guest appearance by Erik Kwam sharing his soon to be published book covering how to reverse climate change. Join us and lets take action to allow positive feedback loops of the biosphere to take hold and start pumping!!!

Josh and Jay get a chance to touch base with reps from the recent awardee of Meco's utility scale RFP - Innergex - at the Kula Community Center Meeting in upcountry Maui. Councilwoman Yuki Lei Sugimura, Doug Mcleoud, Rancher Somner Erdman and others weigh in on the plans for, what will be one of Maui's largest solar farms, comprised of over 50 thousand solar panels. Single axis tracking? Bifacials? Tune in to learn more!

A big day for solar in Hawaii! Josh and Jay discuss the new NEM Plus program AND help you pay for it with an SPI interview introducing Michael and Stacy from Sunnova, and their "Sun Safe" program.

With a veritable menu of programs on tap HEI has expanded solar paths considerably with offerings including: CGS, CGS+, CSS, SIA, SMART EXPORT, NEM PLUS, AMENDMENT, CBRE! Check this show out to get the details on this unprecedented offering as Jay and Josh try to keep up and understand a whole new world of solar options in Hawaii!!

Josh & Jay sit down with Mayoral Candidate Elle Cochran to discuss renewable energy across the globe, and how Maui is now front and center in our energy transition.

SEPA, The Smart Electric Power Alliance, is an organization that provides the renewable energies industry with research on both technologies and policy in order to spread the adoption of renewables and ease the transition to a cleaner energy sector. Josh and Jay sit down with a number of SEPA representatives to discuss their particular areas of focus.