Alex & Aloha Spirit

Energy in Hawaii is a mixture of renewable resources and fossil fuel complicated by the lack of fossil fuel resources and state's isolated location. Hawaii relies heavily on imports of coal and petroleum for power.

Renewable energy production is increasing. Hawaii has the highest share of petroleum use in the United States.
About 26 % of electricity was from renewable sources, including hydro, wind, geothermal and solar.

Right there somewhere was and the Alex O'Loughlin`s Aloha Spirit.
Now we are going beyond the beach on a journey into the heart of Hawaii and the soul of Alex O'Loughlin. 

It was a 2010. and the Australian actor, Alex had just been offered the lead role in reboot of the classic crime novel, drama Hawaii Five-0, putting on the shoes of the legendary Jack Lord. In these shoes he would play the 50th state's reserved top cop, Steve McGarrett. 

Accepting meant moving to Oahu, in the center of the planet's loveliest island archipelago. It should have been a no-brainer. 

Cue that big wave and the theme song by the energy ventures: dum-dum-duh-da-da-dum...

"I was conflicted" says Alex, reflecting on the decision from his house in Waikiki's idyllic Diamond Head. "I'd done two network shows before that, neither of which had gone past a season." 

Alex played private/vampire investigator Mick St. John on the short-lived 2007. supernatural romance Moonlight. A year later, he was Dr. Andy Yablonski on the medical drama Three Rivers, which was played just 8 episodes. 

Though anything seemed better than being penniless in Los Angeles, to suffer through another failed show in the middle of the Pacific, 2,500 miles from the coast or mainland... 

That was a risk he wasn't sure he wanted to take. 

But, fortunately for all of us, he accepted the risk! 

 

Aloha ;