2024-09-26 PL-INT-2024-008813 GP 2045 Draft Comments - A. Longo

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DeVera, Ashley From: Angela Longo < Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2024 8:37 AM To: Planning General Plan Subject: Critique of Hawaii general plan Aloha I am Dr Angela Longo with PhD in Biochemistry and an OMD an energy medicine and I know for a fact that we need every molecule of CO2 in the atmosphere to produce the food needed by the world. It is unscientific to believe that mankind produces too much. I have thousands of signatures of scientists who know that this argument does not stand. The weather change is being caused by a natural phenomena called the precession of the Earth's axis. Any scientists who studies the earth learns this in high school or should if they're paying attention. We can only protect the people on the coast since this is inevitable natural change. These plans to sequester people does not make sense and is unnecessary and unhealthy for the physical and mental well-being of our people. Please rewrite your plan to give people more space to live and grow the necessary food that we need to live on. I am quoting one of my friends who research the numbers. From Donna thompson: Hawaii General plan mentions the potential to sequester CO2 as rationale to reduce man made impacts, even though temperature levels are drastically lower now than they have been in 485 million years (see chart above) Photosynthesis activity in plants requires CO2 and only makes up 0.04% of our atmosphere. Reduction of this necessary element would have a catastrophic chain reaction and is a risk to ALL carbon based lifeforms. Several long-term studies have provided strong support demonstrating that growing crops under elevated [CO2] can increase photosynthesis and result in an increase in yield, flavour and nutritional content (including but not limited to Vitamins C, E and pro-vitamin A). In the case of tomato, increases in yield by as much as 80% are observed when plants are cultivated at woo ppm [CO2], which is consistent with current commercial greenhouse production methods in the tomato fruit industry. These results provide a clear demonstration of the potential for elevating [CO2] for improving yield and quality in greenhouse crops. https://academic.oup.com/hr/article/10/4/uhad026/7049409?login=false This testimony is to provide overall big picture of extinction level event(s) to instigate community emergency preparedness as part of the overall plan Increased solar radiation as a result of the earths weakening magnetosphere and polarity shift will significantly impact survivability of our community. There will be significant disruptions of the supply chain, challenges with food production, energy blackouts, and limited communications. Community preparedness for such events are not documented in the draft general plan, meanwhile many eastern hemisphere nations including Russia, Thailand, and Japan have been preparing for these events with local civil defense for years. Citizens of Hawaii county are aware of the influx of billionaires over the last 20 years that have had impact on county policy and planning. Many have taken permanent residence and hedging Hawaii island has a good chance of survivability during these changes. In light of this information, my suggestion is for our county to birth its own plan based on the needs of the community expressed in numerus testimonies and include space weather scenarios as potential hazards. County officials would be wise to form a committee of experienced personnel from various departments - including the local community members with relevant capabilities that can prioritize and draft a community plan that includes emergency preparedness that is relevant to our our island. We need to focus on independence with agricultural food production,