On 7/8/2015 11:19 AM, Acme Bully Control wrote:
> On 7/8/2015 3:18 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 7/8/2015 10:01 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 19:22:18 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7/7/2015 4:38 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 8:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/7/2015 3:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My understanding is that people on the mainland
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dsi1, please ttop talking about the "mainland" as if Hawaii is not
>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>> of the USA. It is. Maybe you should venture out.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've always heard of the continental 48 states referred to as
>>>>>> "mainland". The culture is much different that what we have. How
>>>>>> would you differentiate? We talk about southern states, left coast,
>>>>>> northern, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Agree. Alaska has many differences as well. I had a friend from
>>>>> Hawaii
>>>>> and she had to learn to adjust to the foods that we had here.
>>>>
>>>> What you probably don't know is that eBay won't sell a lot of stuff to
>>>> Hawaii or Alaska. I have no idea why. We get treated like we're
>>>> Nigerians!
>>>
>>> Don't feel bad, Hawaii's economy is still heavily agri based, can't
>>> drive into California without passing through the Agri inspection
>>> stations.
>>>
>>
>> Our main source of money is from tourism. Instead of planting cane and
>> pineapple we plant planned communities. The master plan is to move
>> people out of Honolulu and into all those plantation areas.
>
>
> Oooh...sound sort of like bucolic social engineering.
>
> Is it working?

The Ewa plain of Oahu is a hot, dry, place. OTOH, with photovoltaic
cells and battery storage, you'll always be able to make your own
electricity. It has not succeeded in reducing traffic congestion in
Honolulu but my guess is that in twenty years, it's gonna be a happening
place!