01-15-2014, 04:28 PM
Rainy Jim, let's start here. Food security involves farmers farming. If the farmer makes money, the farmer will farm. How do we achieve food security without leaving the most defenseless behind? In no particular order, the basics to successfully get all of us to an uncertain future.
1- Every organism, organization, civilization needs to generate excess energy or it will go extinct.
2- The energy it takes to get energy minus the energy it takes to get your food equals your lifestyle.
3- Its a matter of comparative risk.
4- Agriculture and Energy are inextricably tied together.
5- The scientific method is a solid launch platform for planning.
6- the aloha spirit needs to be with us in the future. The more one gives, the more one receives .
Let's talk about the future.