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In article >,
T > wrote:

> In article >, says...
> > "Pete C." wrote:
> > >
> > > Hawaii, for a seemingly "green" state, is incredibly wasteful of energy
> > > from what I've seen. Look at all the tourist flyers with all the lovely
> > > tiki torches burning away, each one of those things is burning something
> > > like 23,000 btu/hr worth of imported natural gas. Bad enough to be
> > > wasting 23,000 btu/hr on frivolous cosmetic stuff, but imported natural
> > > gas?!!! At least produce some bio-fuel from stuff grown on the dang
> > > island instead of bringing in LNG super tankers. Just one of those
> > > torches wastes enough energy with it's 8hr/day x 365 day operation to
> > > heat a house in the northern US during the winter months.
> >
> > But the tourist industry provides employment for lots
> > of people in Hawaii, so providing "atmosphere" is not
> > wasted energy.
> >
> > It's like when there's an occasional drought in
> > California, and the news shows pictures of golf
> > courses being watered -- that's not wasted water.
> > Those golf courses provide considerable employment
> > for the amount of water they consume. If you want
> > to save water in California, stop growing two crops,
> > cotton and rice, and the saved water will completely
> > eliminate the worst drought. There's cheap labor
> > all over the world that will be delighted to grow
> > all the cotton and rice America could ever use.
> > Heck, there's good cotton and rice being grown
> > in the southern U.S. -- no need to waste good
> > California real estate and water on those crops.
> >
>
> Cotton I can see, just start growing hemp again.

Good luck with that. ;-)

> But rice is a little
> different.

I don't understand why they'd bother.
It comes in so cheap from China.
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Peace, Om

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