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From: Michelle Melendez <br />To: WPCtestimonv; LPCtestimonv <br />Subject: General Plan Testimony About Electric Vehicles. <br />Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024 4:11:26 PM <br />Aloha Commissioners, <br />Here is the information you need to know before recommending electric cars come to the Big <br />Island. <br />https://youtu.be/K5vDWhMHTwE?si=dZdYkT-zdV-QCMap <br />It will explain What really happens when an electric car catches on fire? And does your fire <br />department know how to put these raging infernos out? <br />Please do not bring these cars to the island. It will be like the mongoose, fire ants, and more! <br />Mahalo, <br />Michelle Melendez -Freedom Activist <br />Fitness and Wellness Expert Since 1996 <br />Author Of The Best Selling and 4x Award Winning Book, <br />End Dieting Hell: How to find peace in your body and release the weight <br />Order your copy of End Dieting Hell Click Here <br />"Great Maui Land Grab" NOW Available here <br />On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 8:50 AM Michelle Melendez <br /><michelle@blossominnerwellness.com> wrote: <br />Aloha Commissioners, <br />If this is a plan locals have supported and they're being contacted with each new draft, as <br />Mr. Kern stated yesterday, why hasn't one person shown up? <br />Mr. Kern wasn't sworn in and asked to raise his right hand to swear to tell the truth. I think <br />he should be. <br />Concerns about the plan: <br />• "Reduced Miles Traveled" should be changed to "Travel Alternatives". It's against <br />the Constitution to deprive people of their right to travel. That language must be <br />removed from the plan or you, and all those who created this plan are in violation of <br />your oath of office. (No disrespect intended. That is simply the truth.) <br />• Electric Vehicles (EV): They want to put charging stations around Big Island for EV <br />which will have more impact on the already impacted grid. How this is being <br />considered disturbs me greatly. There are already power -shortages on the island. This <br />would hinder it even more. <br />Plus, as I've stated in my previous email, EV's are dangerous. Here is a quote from a <br />firefighter. "The problem with EVs is that the lithium -ion batteries can actually propagate a <br />fire. In fact, they can actually encourage a fire. If a fire has already started and you have <br />