Words of the Lagoon ...on sustainability & culture

[AlohaSteven]

Thanks, Tahunatics, for the link to Matthew Simmons' presentation on the energy supply outlook vis a vis Hawaii. Simmons is well-informed yet an optimist, I think, especially on slide #36 (in his guessing a reduction in available supply of only 30%-40% by 2030).

Here are links to some other perspectives on the topic which I have found both instructive and to be of potentially huge beneficial application in Puna. These links can be gone through in about an hour or so; they take around seven to ten minutes each to read or watch (all but the first connect to talks shared via YouTube). The quality of these summaries is excellent and they end in constructive, pragmatic, workable grassroots-level suggestions -especially for a community as ideally situated and blessed with resources as Puna.

Robert Paterson - "There is hope -but maybe not what you think!"
http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_pater...obama.html

Richard Heinberg - Resilient Communities, Part 1
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=d9srawwb5LY

Richard Heinberg - Resilient Communities, Part 2
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=P5srcMP31po&feature=related

Richard Heinberg - Resilient Communities, Part 3
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zRDiJTkMQKU&feature=related

Richard Heinberg - Resilient Communities, Part 4
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3EoyPY5iwro&feature=related

Richard Heinberg - Resilient Communities, Part 5
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=r41Z93iE0o8&feature=related

Richard Heinberg - Resilient Communities, Part 6
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qWpoz2CxE&feature=related

Peak Oil & The Four Futures - Tim Hudson - Part 2 of 2.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYBonDRKu4

One aspect of all this which I genuinely do find worrisome ties back to the very first post in this thread's discussion. This information linked above, taken as the hard data which it is (in every sense), makes that which Johannes wrote in the quoted passage from Words of the Lagoon of critical significance. The Big Island in general and Puna in particular can weather most any storm the future may bring to our shores ever so much better if these suggestions (linked above and from Johannes) are taken to heart and applied in time.


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Have two minutes for enjoying a pleasant slideshow?
http://www.thejoymovie.com

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