1/9/2023 0 Comments Ni ihauSo when the Ranch was closed on Ni‘ihau in 1999, full-time employment on the island-except for a few positions at Ni‘ihau School-essentially became a thing of the past for most of the population. However, it was finally acknowledged that it was impossible to make a profit from cattle ranching, sheep ranching, making kiawe charcoal, or processing honey on the island. Since the forebears of the current owners purchased the island in 1864, there had always been full-time employment for the residents with Ni‘ihau Ranch. Ranching Provided Employment for Ni‘ihau Residents until 1999 In spite of such tentative steps into the modern world, however, the full-time population of the island continues to decline. This allows Ni‘ihau students to become computer literate even in such an isolated place that seems, in many ways, far removed from the twenty-first century. On the other hand, Ni‘ihau has the only school in Hawai‘i-and perhaps the only one in the country-that relies entirely on solar power for its electricity, thanks to a 10.4 kW photovoltaic power system with battery storage installed at Ni‘ihau School in December 2007. The Only School in Hawai‘i that Relies Entirely on Solar Power It’s the absence of certain things on Ni‘ihau that seems to be an enduring aspect of life on the Forbidden Island.
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