Before the white man arrived in the Hawaiians islands the population was sustainable on what the Hawaiians transported in 3000 miles in canoes, including plants, livestock and the people who were to populate the islands.
Today if the current population of the islands were removed and replaced with the original inhabitants they would never survive.
In less than a century -
The fish stock has been destroyed by chemical runoff from golf courses and hotels destroying the reef systems.
Pesticides use have increased the number. of native plants and wildlife destroyed.
Disease (a fungus) has destroyed the ohia trees that were essential for building in a few years.
Taro and banana have been destroyed by viruses and root rot.
Coconut is now being destroyed by a beetle.
Koa trees are endangered from over harvest for millionaires cabinets and furniture instead of canoe hulls.
The varroa mite has made it's appearance and is killing the bee population.
Beneficial insects are rapidly disappearing.
Drinking water has been polluted.
The landscape has been overrun by introduction of new species which overtake indigenous species of both animal and plant.
This is only a partial list due to space.
Hawaii now imports over 90% of its food. Prior to the introduction of the white man, the island of Hawaii sustained 150,000 natives solely on the food growing and the ocean. Today with the same population virtually all food is imported and totally reliant on fossil fuels. It should also be reminded that all of the agriculture growing zones are on the island.
The government is trying to promote local grown food to be served as part of school lunches and have utterly failed.
The overwhelming reasons for this are tourism and real estate being sold as paradise when paradise has been destroyed. The only remaining part of paradise is the climate and very soon that will be destroyed. The volcano goddess however, will still be here and enhance the chard cinder of what remains of paradise.
And I'll leave you with this as a good example of the stupidity that caused the above.
I'll even give Musk credit for his superb idea of populating Mars. Since it's already uninhabitable he can't make it any worse. Brilliant in its own way. The sooner he goes the better.
Well stated, Toma. I will add that while Hawaii imports 90% of its food, so does Iowa! All of that beautiful black dirt is being wasted on corn exports and ethanol. Big Ag is a sick joke.
Thorough, well done. It aligns with what I know about the pollinator crisis, a known problem for many years, yet another we have failed to take action on.
When our world and its’ inhabitants, (human, animal and insect), are faced with crisis, how does our leadership respond? How can a crisis be solved?
One of 2 ways, ignore it completely, or develop a protocol for a “work around.”
When bees faced increased mortality rates, did they crack down on the poisons entering our land, sea and air to improve the environment critical to the bees survival? Oh hell no. That would annoy shareholders and cost money. Instead, they started trucking bees from farm to farm.
When forest fires raged at intensities heretofore unknown, did we try to enhance the regulations that would at least slow climate change? Of course not. They, instead, opened a huge, make believe faucet in the Pacific Northwest and sent that water down to Cali to put those fires out.
There is no leadership. No one is coming to save us. It’s not problem solving, it’s profit solving.
This is all on us and whatever it takes to effect real planet saving change needs to happen yesterday. Resist!
Before the white man arrived in the Hawaiians islands the population was sustainable on what the Hawaiians transported in 3000 miles in canoes, including plants, livestock and the people who were to populate the islands.
Today if the current population of the islands were removed and replaced with the original inhabitants they would never survive.
In less than a century -
The fish stock has been destroyed by chemical runoff from golf courses and hotels destroying the reef systems.
Pesticides use have increased the number. of native plants and wildlife destroyed.
Disease (a fungus) has destroyed the ohia trees that were essential for building in a few years.
Taro and banana have been destroyed by viruses and root rot.
Coconut is now being destroyed by a beetle.
Koa trees are endangered from over harvest for millionaires cabinets and furniture instead of canoe hulls.
The varroa mite has made it's appearance and is killing the bee population.
Beneficial insects are rapidly disappearing.
Drinking water has been polluted.
The landscape has been overrun by introduction of new species which overtake indigenous species of both animal and plant.
This is only a partial list due to space.
Hawaii now imports over 90% of its food. Prior to the introduction of the white man, the island of Hawaii sustained 150,000 natives solely on the food growing and the ocean. Today with the same population virtually all food is imported and totally reliant on fossil fuels. It should also be reminded that all of the agriculture growing zones are on the island.
The government is trying to promote local grown food to be served as part of school lunches and have utterly failed.
The overwhelming reasons for this are tourism and real estate being sold as paradise when paradise has been destroyed. The only remaining part of paradise is the climate and very soon that will be destroyed. The volcano goddess however, will still be here and enhance the chard cinder of what remains of paradise.
And I'll leave you with this as a good example of the stupidity that caused the above.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/12/city-announces-new-landfill-location-above-islands-water-supply/
The trend continues!
I'll even give Musk credit for his superb idea of populating Mars. Since it's already uninhabitable he can't make it any worse. Brilliant in its own way. The sooner he goes the better.
Well stated, Toma. I will add that while Hawaii imports 90% of its food, so does Iowa! All of that beautiful black dirt is being wasted on corn exports and ethanol. Big Ag is a sick joke.
I recently saw a news article about a breakthrough in 3D printing human tissue.
I've been wondering about Costco rotisserie chicken for a long time now but no longer.
Manufactured chemical food.
Thorough, well done. It aligns with what I know about the pollinator crisis, a known problem for many years, yet another we have failed to take action on.
When our world and its’ inhabitants, (human, animal and insect), are faced with crisis, how does our leadership respond? How can a crisis be solved?
One of 2 ways, ignore it completely, or develop a protocol for a “work around.”
When bees faced increased mortality rates, did they crack down on the poisons entering our land, sea and air to improve the environment critical to the bees survival? Oh hell no. That would annoy shareholders and cost money. Instead, they started trucking bees from farm to farm.
When forest fires raged at intensities heretofore unknown, did we try to enhance the regulations that would at least slow climate change? Of course not. They, instead, opened a huge, make believe faucet in the Pacific Northwest and sent that water down to Cali to put those fires out.
There is no leadership. No one is coming to save us. It’s not problem solving, it’s profit solving.
This is all on us and whatever it takes to effect real planet saving change needs to happen yesterday. Resist!