08-19-2013, 10:50 AM
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Originally posted by ericlp
Save Pohoiki... Where is it going?
It's (the low elevation land in the Pohoiki area) going to be inundated with seawater eventually due to global warming, which is due to burning of fossil fuels, such as the diesel used to power this island. I'm assuming that's what the Save Pohoiki people are all about and that they want us to get off fossil fuels ASAP and develop our geothermal resources responsibly.
Or perhaps they're concerned about all the seepage from cesspools and septics in Kapoho that migrate to the waters of Pohoiki.
Or maybe they are trying to save it from all the agricultural runoff from areas mauka that make it to the seawater.
Or perhaps they are concerned about the pollution from all the cars and boats that make use of the area and runs off into the water every time it rains and every time a boat goes in and out of that ramp.
Or perhaps they're concerned about all the people that swim in the waters there and all the impacts that sunscreens, lotions, and urine have on the underwater ecosystem there.
Other than those things, there are no other legitimate risks Pohoiki needs to be saved from. And I don't imagine any of those folks have ever thought about any of these risks or ever done a darn thing about them.