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> In the tropics you'll find a lot of food unsecurity. Hawaii is a good example of this, importing 80% of its food. This is hilariously misled. Food must be im
by viklove 7y ago
> In the tropics you'll find a lot of food unsecurity. Hawaii is a good example of this, importing 80% of its food.
This is hilariously misled. Food must be imported into Hawaii because it's an island with very little arable land, not because it's "in the tropics." Equatorial nations have by far the greatest access to food when compared to any other place on the earth. That's why biodiversity is the greatest near the equator -- there are more resources.
> I hope you can see how an indifference to climate change on the part of predominately white countries to can be construed as racist. When someone says that, he or she is talking about all the non-white people who are currently suffering due to changes in their climates.
Yes, but they are not disproportionately affected due to some conspiracy, but rather just because money protects you from consequences. If you're poor, you can't move, and you can't buy water. That affects you less if you have a stable income and marketable skills (which are easier to access in the west).
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoHawaii has enough arable land to support the number of people living here. It's their distribution that's problematic. Everything is in the wrong place to make efficient use of the land. I live out here in the pacific, I travel all over Oahu every day. People lived here for over a thousand years without foreign goods. The food scarcity is manufactured to suck money back to the mainland U.S.
- viklove 7y ago> The food scarcity is manufactured to suck money back to the mainland U.S. Hah--oh wait, you're actually serious?
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoIf you'd rather attribute the situation to incompetence then we can say that the food scarcity exists because the local government supports the tourism industry over agriculture, alotting more land and water resources and collapsing what was once a sustainable food system... accidentally. When you use words like "hilarious" and "hah" I feel annoyed, because I need a little more respect and acknowledgement for the work I am doing in horticulture, food security out here in the pacific. I have a hard time listening to what you are trying to say when you are typing laughter at me. Do you want to try and share your thoughts without implying that you think my world is a joke?
- Udik 7y agoI'm sorry, but how long ago was the food system of Hawaii sustainable? And how did the society of Hawaii look back then? How many Hawaiians were there at the time, how many should leave the islands to go back to that state, and how many of those who should remain would actually be in favour of this solution?