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Mahalo Yishan for doing this. Aloha from Maui.

In Hawaii, How do native trees compare in carbon capture to many introduced trees that seem to grow rapidly and outcompete everything else. In Wet parts of the islands it’s a game of who’s the fastest… and the winners are often… “albezia” (falcataria moluccana. I know you know this one!), so why go for natives which in Hawaii are often slow growing small trees. Leucana (Haole Koa) was introduced for livestock but is a helluva competitor even in dry places. So why not just go with the fastest growers? Even cane grass could effectively capture carbon if it was smooshed down (crimp the stem and bent over) every year.

Also, given that Hawaii has massive amounts of land burn every year, how do we plant areas to prevent these carbon eruptions? Or are there other strategies? I imagine we need to focus on planting fire breaks.

In the past, Hawaii has been helicopter seeded with Java plum and other species, mass plantings of pines have taken place on the western mountain side of Kauai and slopes of haleakala, large bamboo plantings have been made on maui in the wake of waterworks by East Maui Irrigation. What do you make of helicopter seeding or even drone seeding of trees? Even the great zen master of farming, masanobu Fukuoka engaged in aerial seeding campaigns using his seedballing method. Seedballing is something that could be scaled with distribution of simple machines. They could be dispersed by hand or by air. Is this a viable technique in your eyes?

Most importantly are you open for tours on your project on big island? I would love to see what you all are up to over there. I know perspectives across the islands are so often determined by our microclimates. I’ve spent most of my time in Hawaii on north shores with wet conditions where permaculture is a bonanza of diverse plantings: but I know in the many dry parts of the archipelago it’s a whole different ballgame. Sorry for the ramble but I’m passionate about this topic and love our islands. Aloha!

How is that possible with most BTC mining taking place in coal burning China?

In other words, what is the source for your claim?

Thank you for the thoughtful reply Yishan, and for making sense of my late night stream of consciousness. Definitely some things to chew on. Follow-up what are the natives you’re most excited about?

And what kind of grass is getting attacked over there? It’s not Panicum maximum is it (probably my favorite Latin name for a plant lol)??

Next time I’m on big island I’ll look to arrange a tour. Cheers!