Aruba: Not an ideal place to be...

[Ultralight]

I recently (for the past week and a half) visited Aruba.

They grow nothing edible on the island. All food and consumer "goods" are imported. They do have the second-largest desalination plant in the world, but I suspect it runs on fossil fuel rather than solar panels.

Anyone else been to Aruba and noticed what a "Cheap Oil"/fossil fuel driven place it was?

Thoughts on Aruba? Any other "This would be a bad place to be in an emergency or during a collapse?" examples? haha

[kib]

Well it certainly wasn't an ideal place for you to be, we almost collapsed without you!

[Float On]

Haven't been there, but at one time we almost accepted a job on Bermuda where everything has to be shipped in including the drinking water.

[Ultralight]

Whoa! That would make me really tense. Water is something I have profound concern with, and not just for fishing. Thirst is frightening to me.

[Kestra]

Interesting. I don't know much about places like that. It would definitely bother me to rely on imported food. Certainly much of northern Canada is the same way - all food brought in. People used to live there on the land just fine, but I believe a lot of the skills have been lost due to European intervention.

[Ultralight]

You spelled that word wrong.

It is not "intervention" but rather "invasion."

[Kestra]

You spelled that word wrong.

It is not "intervention" but rather "invasion."

A situation where tone of voice would be useful.

[Ultralight]

I know! haha

[iris lilies]

Isn't this true for many (most?) of the tropical paradise islands? Imagine me using tropical paradise in quotes.

My aunt and uncle lived on the Caribbean island of Antigua. They had a water cache system that originated from roof water. They practiced water conservation. And everything not grown on the island which was 99.9% of anything was bloody expensive.

I have no desire to live on one of these places.

I love living by the Mississippi River where water is abundant. May I reiterate that our city water tastes the best in the country? Our water bill is a flat fee, not based on use. This is paradise, baby.

[bae]

Isn't this true for many (most?) of the tropical paradise islands?

This is why my wife and I elected for the "temperate climate paradise island" solution :-)