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Sustainability:Sustainability:On scheduleOn schedule
Kauai SustainabilityKauai SustainabilityThe ProblemsThe Problems
PerspectivePerspective
Depletion – ReplacementDepletion – Replacement
Island EconomyIsland Economy
AgricultureAgriculture
PerspectivePerspective
We ignore historyWe ignore history We cannot comprehend the futureWe cannot comprehend the future We believe in the status quo or its We believe in the status quo or its
improvementimprovement We shoot at the target during planningWe shoot at the target during planning
Depletion – ReplacementDepletion – Replacement
Fossil fuels are quickly becoming very Fossil fuels are quickly becoming very expensive and less available as they are expensive and less available as they are depleteddepleted
We will not be able to replace them with We will not be able to replace them with other fuels and maintain current productionother fuels and maintain current production
EROEIEROEI
Island EconomyIsland Economy
We no longer produce much, either for We no longer produce much, either for ourselves or othersourselves or others
We are merely a destination, either for We are merely a destination, either for visitors or real estate investmentvisitors or real estate investment
As “free energy” disappears people will stop As “free energy” disappears people will stop coming in droves, and people will stop coming in droves, and people will stop sending money in boxessending money in boxes
Kauai`s Economy
1 million visitors spending $1 billion dollars every year
Expect this to change drastically
July 3, 2005 “No airline can make money at $50 crude oil prices; now were up to $60,” Southwest Airlines chief Gary Kelly groused last week to Bloomberg News. And his carrier is one of the few making money.
Indeed, most experts agree that oil at $50 to $60 a barrel raises elemental questions about how airlines will survive.
AgricultureAgriculture
A return to agrarian society?A return to agrarian society? Arguably, we have some of the worst Arguably, we have some of the worst
agricultural soils in the worldagricultural soils in the world Naturally, grasses and trees are the only Naturally, grasses and trees are the only
groups of plants that will grow well groups of plants that will grow well (sustainably)(sustainably)
We cannot eat much of eitherWe cannot eat much of either
25% of US oil consumption goes to agriculture (NOT including packaging, refrigeration, and trucking)