Hello Mr. Wolf, won't you please sit down?

[AlohaSteven]

Does anyone know whether or not the primary growth in population on the big island is due to birth rate or immigration?

Along those same lines, does anyone know of estimates for the Big Island's carrying capacity given any of the following conditions:
-fossil fuel availability and business continuing on as usual for the next 50 years (unlikely as that may seem),
-fossil fuels being replaced with other energy sources and business going on as per usual during and after the power-source swapping period, or
-fossil fuel supply interruption or discontinuance, no effective power source replacement emerging in time for implimentation, and agricultural productivity being dependent upon draft animals and human musclepower?

Seems like with clever strategies from aquaponics and raised bed biochar tierra preta soils to taro and rice where it will grow that the Big Island could support quite a human population, indefinitely, but even so there must be a limit on any finite system (especially if people are stupid enough to cut down trees past the tipping point of that system).

By the way, just to mention, I recently read a novel by Jeanette Winterson titled "The Stone Gods" which may appeal to anyone interested in either this discussion thread or the related "Words of the Lagoon: sustainability and culture" thread. Very well-written and entertaining book.
http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Gods-Jeanett...0151014914



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A pleasant slideshow: http://www.thejoymovie.com

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