03-02-2010, 06:10 PM
Glen,
Two ingredients that you neglected to include in the agriculture scenario is soil and labor. It is really not very efficient to have truck farms every 100 ft. or so. The expense of ripping down the rainforest to grow tomatoes in pahoehoe is not very efficient. The aging population is not much good at farm labor either. Inclination aside.
Pele may decide or she may not. To hide behind that issue is more laziness that our politicians turn to when they have no better argument to justify their lack of foresight or action.
I believe that Puna will have massive population growth. Effective planning will determine the quality.
Dan
Two ingredients that you neglected to include in the agriculture scenario is soil and labor. It is really not very efficient to have truck farms every 100 ft. or so. The expense of ripping down the rainforest to grow tomatoes in pahoehoe is not very efficient. The aging population is not much good at farm labor either. Inclination aside.
Pele may decide or she may not. To hide behind that issue is more laziness that our politicians turn to when they have no better argument to justify their lack of foresight or action.
I believe that Puna will have massive population growth. Effective planning will determine the quality.
Dan