05-26-2016, 03:23 AM
couldn't Puna's over 36,000 acres of dead and dying Ohia trees be worth a similar study?
Absolutely. Of course, such a study will require lots of paper, which is made by killing trees; fortunately, these trees aren't endemic to the islands, so we don't have to see that part of the problem.
Ground zero for the (ROD) outbreak has been noted to be around the electric Geothermal power plant which is located at the bottom of leilani.
Yes, we know that PGV is responsible for all bad things that happen, and that ROD conditions simply do not exist anywhere except within a certain radius of PGV. I haven't seen any, ahem, "reputable studies" on the issue, obviously these were suppressed at PGV request.
State Ag has $300K for "further research" -- sounds nice on paper, but government tends to hire consultants and sit in committees; I doubt any substantive "research" will happen before ROD spreads everywhere. We need boots on the ground.
Serious suggestion: sequence the DNA from a selection of ohia in different areas to see if one of the subspecies is more susceptible -- even without a DNA sequence, much variation (growth habit, leaf color, flower color, bark thickness/texture) is obvious. I wouldn't be surprised if some ohia types were immune; that's how natural selection works.
A reforestation effort should be conducted in parallel, this part can be handled by volunteers, so that we still have forests after State mismanages the ROD problem.
Absolutely. Of course, such a study will require lots of paper, which is made by killing trees; fortunately, these trees aren't endemic to the islands, so we don't have to see that part of the problem.
Ground zero for the (ROD) outbreak has been noted to be around the electric Geothermal power plant which is located at the bottom of leilani.
Yes, we know that PGV is responsible for all bad things that happen, and that ROD conditions simply do not exist anywhere except within a certain radius of PGV. I haven't seen any, ahem, "reputable studies" on the issue, obviously these were suppressed at PGV request.
State Ag has $300K for "further research" -- sounds nice on paper, but government tends to hire consultants and sit in committees; I doubt any substantive "research" will happen before ROD spreads everywhere. We need boots on the ground.
Serious suggestion: sequence the DNA from a selection of ohia in different areas to see if one of the subspecies is more susceptible -- even without a DNA sequence, much variation (growth habit, leaf color, flower color, bark thickness/texture) is obvious. I wouldn't be surprised if some ohia types were immune; that's how natural selection works.
A reforestation effort should be conducted in parallel, this part can be handled by volunteers, so that we still have forests after State mismanages the ROD problem.