There are several promising economic sectors that the State should grow to diversify Hawaii's economy. Two sectors offer the lowest hanging fruit.
First, the demand for affordable housing has only grown with the downturn in the economy. The production of homes for every generation of local people would provide a steady construction job pipeline for years and decades to come.
Second, Hawaii can replace the fossil fuels that currently supply the large majority of our electricity with renewable sources. Hawaii's abundance of wind, solar, biofuel, and other clean energy sources could make us the Saudi Arabia of clean energy.
I am dedicated to fostering both.