I feel inclined to suggest that, to a degree, this is a "not in my back yard" (NIMBY) situation.  There's quite the demand for renewable energy development here in Hawai'i - it seems, so long as it doesn't sprout up on agricultural land near some gentleman farming estate.  

Some people seem content enough to buy cheap agricultural land to - not farm - but to put up a big house and rent it out (airbnb style), but the moment some statutorily permissible activity (like a solar or wind farm) is proposed on that agricultural land, it suddenly becomes a big issue.  It literally goes with the territory.