07-14-2015, 05:44 AM
The secret to Hawaiian paradise is forget about a living and just live.
One thing about all these recent surveys, not studies, are that they are from the past to the present, and multiple variables are changing rapidly. For Hawaii, from 2008 to 2015, the price of a barrel of oil went from $25 to $100. This coincided with the Great Recession, both orchestrated by the Republicans and Big Oil. They didn't believe the pre-peak oil years because that was based on science and the Republican party is the anti-science party. Amazing, but the pre-peak oil years may see the back of Big Oil broken.
What this means for Hawaii is the prospect of oil going down below $40 per barrel for the next few pre-peak years. Transportation is the fulcrum of this island economy, the rest of it like agriculture and recycling exports tip on one side, tourism and businesses on the other side. There will be a window of opportunity for import-export dependent businesses but that doesn't mean there should be an attempt at some new large scale agriculture export, beyond the successful business models that are working, like orchids and papayas. If Hawaii island could get to feeding itself and exporting to the neighbor islands as a major supplier, the economy could get flush.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
One thing about all these recent surveys, not studies, are that they are from the past to the present, and multiple variables are changing rapidly. For Hawaii, from 2008 to 2015, the price of a barrel of oil went from $25 to $100. This coincided with the Great Recession, both orchestrated by the Republicans and Big Oil. They didn't believe the pre-peak oil years because that was based on science and the Republican party is the anti-science party. Amazing, but the pre-peak oil years may see the back of Big Oil broken.
What this means for Hawaii is the prospect of oil going down below $40 per barrel for the next few pre-peak years. Transportation is the fulcrum of this island economy, the rest of it like agriculture and recycling exports tip on one side, tourism and businesses on the other side. There will be a window of opportunity for import-export dependent businesses but that doesn't mean there should be an attempt at some new large scale agriculture export, beyond the successful business models that are working, like orchids and papayas. If Hawaii island could get to feeding itself and exporting to the neighbor islands as a major supplier, the economy could get flush.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*