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[Space Karen]

No one's mentioned this, but isn't the lack of rain problematic?  Aren't the upper reaches of the mauna very arid?

There are always ways around that.

Condensation towers could be built to passively pull water from air (somewhat like moisture farmers in star wars with their small condensers).

Persians built towers for pigeons to roost, over the last 10,000 years, to make it easier to collect bird droppings as crop fertilizer:

https://www.notechmagazine.com/2016/10/p...izers.html

Most problems are easy to solve. There is little profit in solving them. While those who cause problems get piles of cash thrown their way.