New telescope proposed for Ka'u

[Durian Fiend]

A few community members testified during the April 6 meeting, voicing some concerns including prime ag land being used for this project instead of food production — and the unknowns of what, if any, impacts fast radio bursts have on people, land, animals and plants. Some also asked why the project couldn’t be done elsewhere.

Question 1: Is the prime ag land being used for ag production at the moment?  If not, why not?  (hint - Ka'u thieves put orange, coffee, flower farmers out of business)
Question 2: Do community members understand that fast radio burst occur even if there are not antennas there to  measure them?  Would it matter?

"Why can't it be done elsewhere".  LOL.  Brilliant!

Regarding Question 2, if community members were concerned then why not "look it up"?  

Here's what Wiki says:  "While extremely energetic at their source, the strength of the signal reaching Earth has been described as 1,000 times less than from a mobile phone on the Moon.[4]"