A carbon neutral big island?

[Daniel]

I'm off the grid too, I also drive a Liberty CRD, (no biofuel though). I think it would be great to have a source of hawaii grown fuel. In my national geographic it says that suger cane is one of the best sources for biofuel. thats 600-800 gallons an acre compared to 300-400 for corn. Thats an energy balance of 8/1, one unit of fossil fuel used in production of 8 units of biofuel. Does anyone know how many acres of sugarcane fields there are on the island? My guess would be somewhere near 100,000. We could be nearly self sustaining here, with a little effort. We could grow most of our own food. We could produce 100% of our electricity for sure. Self-reliance feels good, and its good for the planet.

Daniel R Diamond