11-09-2012, 10:20 AM
Seems like it would be better to plant eucalyptus. It isn't native but it isn't invasive, doesn't create an artificial forest canopy ecosystem like albizia does, doesn't have long overhanging leaf-heavy branches to snap off. Eucalyptus also extracts toxic waste out of the soil like arsenic and heavy metals. When incinerated, the toxins are there but almost totally extracted out with modern incinerators.
When the Pepeekeo biomass fuel plant comes on line, the county will probably start eradicating the albizia to sell to the plant. There are only two big concentrations of albizia, down Kahakai and Hiway 137. For being invasive, it hasn't really made the jump out of Puna and will be fairly easy to eradicate.
When the Pepeekeo biomass fuel plant comes on line, the county will probably start eradicating the albizia to sell to the plant. There are only two big concentrations of albizia, down Kahakai and Hiway 137. For being invasive, it hasn't really made the jump out of Puna and will be fairly easy to eradicate.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*