tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062131606209421143.post3938925883039780647..comments2018-10-15T14:40:17.196-10:00Comments on Alan McNarie: From the Archives: The Beginnings of the Tradewinds DebacleAlan D. McNariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16700373679903060317noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062131606209421143.post-78757582532219707072009-10-28T17:47:29.612-10:002009-10-28T17:47:29.612-10:00I do agree that it has become slightly overcrowded...I do agree that it has become slightly overcrowded, however I don't believe building a mill that will only sit there as a big pile of metal when there is no longer any use for it. Yes, thin out the trees, keep it healthy. No, to the mill. I'm not sure what we should do, but the mill is uncalled for.EmRishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122467318300083929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062131606209421143.post-30619813993644860562009-10-22T10:19:41.369-10:002009-10-22T10:19:41.369-10:00There's a wrinkle to this, Ani and Christina. ...There's a wrinkle to this, Ani and Christina. Those trees were deliberately planted too thickly. The original intention was to "thin" the stand when it was six years old, turn the culled trees into wood chips and send them to Japan for paper production. That plan fell through for a number of reasons--mainly because the Oji Paper/Marubeni consortium needed even more timber to make the project economically feasible, and the state and county backed off a plan to lease 12,000 acres of public land for even more eucalyptus production. Hamakua residents made it very clear, at that time, that they wanted that land to be leased to local farmers.<br /><br />Some of that land that wasn't leased to the paper companies, incidentally, is the acreage that Billy Kenoi now wants to auction off in order to balance the county budget.<br /><br />It's been far more than six years since the eucalyptus were planted, now, and the trees are growing up sprangly and crowded. This is not going to be a healthy forest if some of them are not thinned out. So SOMETHING has to be done with them. The question is, what?Alan D. McNariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700373679903060317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062131606209421143.post-47474534364364232762009-10-22T08:58:00.414-10:002009-10-22T08:58:00.414-10:00I wonder what trees the mill will process after th...I wonder what trees the mill will process after the eucalyptus patch is harvested? Hasn't the Big Island been decimated enough in terms of removal of trees and forests? Why not use the eucalyptus for other types of products, instead of for a mill that the island cannot support.<br />S.K.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062131606209421143.post-19902740146532274672009-10-21T20:51:36.230-10:002009-10-21T20:51:36.230-10:00We have to think if this is the type of infrastruc...We have to think if this is the type of infrastructure we want in Hawaii. Building a mill just for those trees and not having a clear plan to keep it going, is just a short term solution. Is the short term jobs worth the loss of many lovely trees and the pollution that is a byproduct of any mill?Christina Cauleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062131606209421143.post-25905072685744159242009-10-21T20:19:08.451-10:002009-10-21T20:19:08.451-10:00This is ridiculous. I love those trees. Its what I...This is ridiculous. I love those trees. Its what I look forward to on my rides to kona. Its a waste of time&money. It only creates another opportunity of poisoning our air with its pollutants.<br />-je'anie sioloaANihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402023418456018015noreply@blogger.com