Edge - a mainland to Puna comparison of a vegetable’s...
It's all relative of course, and there's always room for improvement. That said, accounting for all inputs, from plastics to possibly some synthetic fertilizer (which is made with methane, bags of soil, etc, all of which also has to be transported via fossil fuels), not sure how local to consider some local-grown vegetables. It's like taking out a 10 million dollar loan to start a corner 25cent POG stand - can you recoup those costs in the long run? Maybe, but only on a time scale that exceeds the life of the project's materials and proprietors.
And there’s no microplastic particles raining down on your organic vegetables.
That's an interesting consideration - where are you getting water that doesn't have microplastics? Reverse osmosis/membrane filters? Filling up glass cisterns at the water machines for use on the sheltered veggies? (no more raw water craze? ;)
Basil, mizuna, cole crops, green onion & leeks, Japanese white turnip (Hakurai), parsley
Cole crops is doing a lot of lifting in that "only five" count (as they include kale, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, etc, etc), but would add most choi veggies (boc, pak, kai, gai, etc) like mizuna seems to fare well, as do sweet potatoes & greens, and jicama has survived the downpours for us (probably like other turnips). If someone can find a stone to kick things off (basalt or obsidian are interchangeable here), could end up with a substantial "five"-veggie soup for those rainy days.
The NY Times published an article today with charts comparing the cost of driving 100 miles EV vs gas. What’s more expensive in Hawaii?
Interesting how Hybrids outperformed both EVs and gas-powered - basically the average hybrid is more efficient regardless of fuel source than the average EV and average gas-powered vehicle (probably because of design considerations to maximize travel distance on the smaller battery pack - imagine applying the same design requirements across the board).
This sort of cost analysis skips over the source of the electricity though - burning coal/natural gas (or bunker fuel - go team Hawaii) to produce electricity for EVs is just burning fossil fuels at a different location (and quite inefficiently too as ~60% of the fossil energy is lost during electricity production and transmission). For those that don't have enough home solar like Edge to charge the vehicle, many of their miles traveled in an EV are still powered by fossil fuels. Would be good if states could stabilize their grid and expand their renewable capacity (the clock is ticking) - maybe the government could assist with some programs and projects, maybe even six, along those lines that Hawaii could access...
It's all relative of course, and there's always room for improvement. That said, accounting for all inputs, from plastics to possibly some synthetic fertilizer (which is made with methane, bags of soil, etc, all of which also has to be transported via fossil fuels), not sure how local to consider some local-grown vegetables. It's like taking out a 10 million dollar loan to start a corner 25cent POG stand - can you recoup those costs in the long run? Maybe, but only on a time scale that exceeds the life of the project's materials and proprietors.
And there’s no microplastic particles raining down on your organic vegetables.
That's an interesting consideration - where are you getting water that doesn't have microplastics? Reverse osmosis/membrane filters? Filling up glass cisterns at the water machines for use on the sheltered veggies? (no more raw water craze? ;)
Basil, mizuna, cole crops, green onion & leeks, Japanese white turnip (Hakurai), parsley
Cole crops is doing a lot of lifting in that "only five" count (as they include kale, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, etc, etc), but would add most choi veggies (boc, pak, kai, gai, etc) like mizuna seems to fare well, as do sweet potatoes & greens, and jicama has survived the downpours for us (probably like other turnips). If someone can find a stone to kick things off (basalt or obsidian are interchangeable here), could end up with a substantial "five"-veggie soup for those rainy days.
The NY Times published an article today with charts comparing the cost of driving 100 miles EV vs gas. What’s more expensive in Hawaii?
Interesting how Hybrids outperformed both EVs and gas-powered - basically the average hybrid is more efficient regardless of fuel source than the average EV and average gas-powered vehicle (probably because of design considerations to maximize travel distance on the smaller battery pack - imagine applying the same design requirements across the board).
This sort of cost analysis skips over the source of the electricity though - burning coal/natural gas (or bunker fuel - go team Hawaii) to produce electricity for EVs is just burning fossil fuels at a different location (and quite inefficiently too as ~60% of the fossil energy is lost during electricity production and transmission). For those that don't have enough home solar like Edge to charge the vehicle, many of their miles traveled in an EV are still powered by fossil fuels. Would be good if states could stabilize their grid and expand their renewable capacity (the clock is ticking) - maybe the government could assist with some programs and projects, maybe even six, along those lines that Hawaii could access...