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200 comments on Hawaii: Peak Oil Canary in a Coal Mine

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tomc on June 22, 2008 - 12:27pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

So there is *no* solution for hawaii, that's the consensus ?

Great.

So they're fucked if oil runs out. So they're fucked. Pack up and leave ...

(and as a comment to the original article : if Hawaii is to be defended, obviously a (relatively large) part of US mil will have to be stationed there. If it is (strategically wise) to be able stand up to a potential attack by China's 1 billion, it's probably best to station at least several thousand + including wife and children, there)

Perhaps it could use geotherm power to create hydrogen, and export that ? Or float large solar panels around the islands, use it to generate some kind of energy containing liquid and export that ? Might help with those ailing tourism industries + provide a lot of work for mechanics.

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Gail the Actuary on June 22, 2008 - 2:04pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

There are two different directions to go--back to what seemed to work before, and full speed ahead, to find something else that might work.

At this point, I am not seeing how full speed ahead is going to get to a reasonable destination. Maybe I am missing a solution that is available, though.

People may have a hard time accepting going back, given the difference between lifestyles 200 years ago and now. There may be some compromise, if we can add some current technology to what we knew 200 years ago, to produce something people can live with.

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