The Future of East Hawaii

[Carolann R]

My husband and I sat and watched a few HOURS of video regarding Peak Oil. It's kinda creepy. I mean, there's no way out of this debacle if you look at the big picture. You just have to take care of your own. I am now so into catchment and possible future solar set-up. Even if we buy a house on county water, there's nothing that says we can have a catchment set-up. Living off the grid has more advantages than I ever imagined.

It's made me think about all the times I leave a light on and walk in the other room...all the appliances that remained plugged-in so they can just suck the juice up...air conditioning at stupid levels...even paper plates and paper towels...so many things I can do to save energy. I recycle now - but the fact is that the less recycle waste I have the better.

I was talking to Tony about an idea of having some kind of a produce "club" with neighbors once we get settled. What if you had a garden and aside from your regular veggies grown for your family, you grew just ONE select veggie. And you could meet with neighbors once or twice a week and barter veggies so everyone could have abundance? As a community - 'cause that's what it's gonna come down to - communities. Know your neighbors.

I'll tell you what radioguy - this thread really opened my eyes. Now I think "Bizarro World" is what we live in now - our country is so wasteful with no forethought. Now it's too late. There's only so much you can pull from mother earth - and that "Bell Curve" is most frightening.

We sold our Harleys (ouch) to lighten the financial load for preparation to move. I believe that once on the island it would behoove us to get a used bike and have Tony ride to work and I could use it for short trips where I didn't need to lug groceries, etc.

Sooo many ideas.

Mahalo

Carrie Rojo