You're absolutely right. Unfortunately, it's already pastense. The quality of life and infrastructure on Oahu have deterioted to the point of almost no return. Greed and idiocy are a terrible combination.  Look at the number of people we have on this island on any given day, including both residents and visitors. It's a staggering number. Where's all the water coming from? Most people, whether residents or visitors,  don't have a clue of where our water comes from. They just take it for granted. People taking two showers a day, washing cars, watering lawns, etc. There are no desalination plants here. This is all natural fresh water. Few islands in polynesia can support this type of water use or population.  And yet greedy landowners, developers and politicians continue to squeeze the goose that laid the golden egg. They won't stop till it's dead.