Science & Technology/Big Island ...love/hate?

[AlohaSteven]

"...pharmicutical companies...do a great deal of valuable research, but so far have not had to resort to celebrity telethons to find a cure for erectile disfuntion"

True enough! Yet we can strive to follow Augusto and Michalea Odone's inspiring example with educating and involving ourselves to figure out local solutions where corporate entities are uninterested in the potential profit spread. The Danish take this sort of proactive approach to local issues of concern, studying the issues in workgroups (like Friends of Puna's Future is proposing) and coming up with viable local solutions which fit within the cultural context, economics, and environmental expectations of residents who have lived there for generations and whose children will be there after them.

The reference to the Odones comes from the true story of a couple parents struggle to improve the quality and longevity of life for their boy with a rare disease, as portrayed in the excellent film "Lorenzo's Oil." The Odones were successful and their efforts have made a huge difference for the better with their own son (who lived to 30 years old instead of dying at 8 as expected) but for the children of many other families as well. I highly recommend the film; it is deeply moving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo's_Oil



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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

Pres. John Adams, Scholar and Statesman


"There's a scientific reason to be concerned and there's a scientific reason to push for action. But there's no scientific reason to despair."

NASA climate analyst Gavin Schmidt

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