Kazumura Cave

[MyManao]

maybe a food truck, selling our veggies....

I suspect you haven't truly appreciated the challenges the area presents. The rain, the soil.. or lack thereof.. but hey, no worries, you'll do fine. I hope you're not destine to be just another candidate for the 'everything's got to go moving sale' shtick like so many who have come before you were. Really man, it's a lot of work hauling all your stuff over here only to find it ain't worth it to ship it all back when you figure out you gotta go. Coming to Hawaii in itself is a big leap, coming here and sidling up to that much controversy.. wow. But yeah, buy the land, tuck the deed in a drawer and you're cool. Just take all the rest of it slow. You know come on over and get to know the lay of the land kine thing..

I am a business owner who focuses on eco-tourism. I understand the nature of a sacred space, as believe it or not, we have them also on the Mainland...

But then you say stuff like that..

I doubt you can even imagine how a Hawaiian would feel hearing that you think you know how they feel about their sacred places because you are a business owner who focuses on tourism. The only thing I can say is I hope that someday you will appreciate how funny that sounds.

Some of your posts remind me of the way True Geothermal came here from the mainland and brought all they knew about geology and drilling gleamed from working in the oil industry. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on one's perspective) they weren't all that keen to understanding the volcanic structure they came here to drill through. As such, with an extremely hard won permit to drill exploratory wells in hand, they drilled and drilled and drilled, right in the middle of one of the worlds most active volcanic structures they drilled, and came up empty. Dry wells. No steam, nothing.

Had they come, hat in hand, and laid their desires, their hoped for outcomes, before the people who actually knew a lot more than they did and solicited their help, and modified their plans accordingly, we would have a way larger geothermal industry here. Dude, Pahoa would have been a geothermal boon town! Drillers in big trucks pulling into town to sidle up to the nearest tap. But no, they knew better. Even though the end result of their endeavor says otherwise. They came up dry and the idea of using the Middle East Rift Zone as a geothermal resource was abandoned. True Geothermal and Campbell Estate's vision of being major players in the geothermal industry vaporized. All because of a little too much "I know better than you"

I think that assumption is an American trait. It sure is being played out graphically with the American response to Covid-19. The I know better than you stuff probably has been responsible for the lion's share of those who have been infected. But, back to your dreams, which, I know, are only small kine compared to the big boys like True Geothermal guys, but regardless I suspect they will be tempered by reality, as was True's, way more than you anticipate. But that's cool. We're all like that. The star we follow never shines its light on everything. Life is always filled with mystery. Ain't love grand?