06-14-2014, 06:11 AM
quote:Thank goodness that we have such diversity of thought here in Puna.
Originally posted by pahoated
That's a narrow agenda of the general Punatic crowd. All the questions are around the same topics, anti-geothermal, anti-GMO, anti-government, anti-state, and so on. Those are all trigger questions that claim to be a priority with the community.
No, they aren't. The top priority for this county should be keeping back invasives. There is the coconut rhinoceros beetle spreading fast on Oahu now, a southeast asian beetle in California that eats all trees:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/southern-cal...g-beetles/
Tree-killing beetles attacking California's forests
What it looks like:
http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2...reebug.jpg
and now a Caribbean mosquito virus showing up in North Carolina. The link to Hawaii to these two is produce from California and the mosquito disease is rampant in Rasta land.
The only way to do this is decrease food imports from California and increase irradiation of imported raw food to this island. There are so many places infested with pests like the brown spider and brown snake in Guam. While the Punatics only see sickness and death all around Puna, we are actually in one of the most healthy environments. We need to do whatever can be done to try to keep all that mainland stuff on the respective mainlands. Repelling invasives should be priority one and natural disaster preparation should be number two. From there, are the nice to haves.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
It's a blessing that people that live here are suspect of the motives of all the things you suggest as being (a narrow agenda) in your post, that way we can look at opinions that differ from yours substantially, and have much science supporting them .
And your "invasive", position invites criticism since frequently the " cure", is worse than the disease for it invites slaughter of species that have already made there home here in Hawaii - think- cattle egret, barn owl, both of which are benign survivors.
:http://bigislandnow.com/2013/11/27/letter-hawaiis-final-solution-for-egrets-and-owls/
Singer's position expressed here seems to be a better idea to many :
"We would let nature reach a balance with the new and old, while trying to guarantee endangered species the special conditions they need to survive".
The alternative, which is being pursued today by our government, is environmental war. There is also the risk of our violent environmental policy influencing our human policy. If we can’t show compassion, concern, and empathy for helpless birds whose sole crime is that their introduction was successful, then it won’t be long until we lose those same feelings for helpless people whose sole crime is that they are strangers in a strange land.
And "increase irradiation of imported raw food to this island", should also be challenged , as the emphasis should be on growing our own "healthy food", not wasted food.
Also (aerial spraying)imo , is responsible in my area at least, for the bad health of coconut palms, and the rapid, site specific, outright death of the Ohias, especially along the ridge line over looking lower Opihikao. I have filmed much ufo spraying activity over that ridge line.
And your comment :"mosquito disease is rampant in Rasta land", seems inappropriate to me, at least.