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From: Rick DuVoisin [raduvi @msn.com]
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 6:53 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Geothermal & Health
Attachments: Geohealth.docx
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Comm. No. 71 • 1 1
Ref. To: Pl vt.C.li
Ref. Date AUG 0 1 201
7/30/2012
25 July, 2012
Rick DuVoisin
15-2777 Maiko St.
Pahoa, HI 96778
Geothermal & Health
If I go outside at night and see the moon, that does not mean the moon causes darkness. If I am
ill and live near a Geothermal power plant, that does not mean the power plant is causing my
illness. On the contrary, more than twenty years of continuous air monitoring near the Puna
plant shows that plant emissions rarely exceed background levels.
Geothermal has been providing clean, safe, reliable power for more than 100 years in Italy,
Iceland, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand,Tibet, Indonesia, Kenya, Guatemala,
Mexico, California, Nevada, Utah, etc...
Many thousands, if not millions of people live within close proximity of Geothermal plants. If
these facilities were presenting serious health issues, it would have been well documented by
now.
Geothermal asset money should be used for the benefit all Hawaii Island residents, not just a
few greedy profiteers seeking to sell their property for 130% of its value.
Mayor Kenoi's veto of bills 256 & 257 was a good decision and it should stand.