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From: Edward Burdick <br /> To: LPCtestimony <br /> Subject: General Plan <br /> Date: Friday,January 17,2025 3:22:15 PM <br /> Dear Council Members, <br /> Big Island is a mostly rural County with limited development potential due to <br /> topography, expensive energy supplies, and limited infrastructure including roads, water, <br /> sewage, power, and healthcare. <br /> In fact, Hilo would only make 928 in size compared to a small State of Washington. <br /> The General Plan for 2045 reads like a UN Agenda 2030 outline with some local flavor. It is <br /> my contention that the UN Agenda applies mostly to metropolitan areas to which Big Island <br /> has none. Based on this premise, the plan for Big Island should not adopt UN Agenda speak <br /> but be crafted with local input based on Big Island's unique needs and challenges. <br /> There is an entire section dealing with climate change. The fact that climate is changing is <br /> nothing new to mankind but the thought of attempting to change climate by any action taken <br /> by Big Island residents and government is an act of wasteful spending and folly. If Big island <br /> were to achieve a so-called net zero target, it would have exactly zero impact on Earth's <br /> climate. There are many examples now around the world where attempts to try and achieve <br /> net zero are causing energy prices to soar and electric grids to become less sustainable. <br /> Germany,UK, and even the State of CA are moving toward unsustainable energy distribution <br /> with their current mix of"renewables". The current fire in one of the world's largest battery <br /> plants in California spells out the extreme risk and high cost of using solar with battery <br /> backups. <br /> One of the primary goals for Big Island should be viable, sustainable, lower cost alternatives <br /> for electricity production as this alone will open doors for other sustainable development. <br /> This means moving away from misinformation on solar and wind and looking at more <br /> reliable modular nuclear and natural gas options. Without moving in the direction as a first <br /> step, there is no such thing as sustainability. There is no safe way to store solar power at scale <br /> and the risks are very high. Please observe what the tech companies are doing in conjunction <br /> with their new data centers. <br /> Regards, <br /> John Burdick <br /> 92-8470 King Kamehameha Blvd <br /> PO Box 7966 <br /> Ocean View, HI 96737 <br /> Sent from Yahoo Mail for Whone <br />