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Diablo Canyon powers
vitality affordability
Nice to see the East Bay Instances giving voice to these advocating that California preserve Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open. (“Give Diablo Canyon nuclear plant extra to do”, Web page A19, Dec. 19) Because the column describes, including “polygeneration” to Diablo Canyon’s capabilities would enhance the plant’s worth in some ways and assist California decarbonize quicker.
One worth added that wasn’t talked about: Polygeneration will enable the plant to function very similar to an enormous battery – easing the transition to extra solar energy on the grid. When solar energy saturates the grid noon, Diablo Canyon’s energy will be redirected to desalinating water or producing hydrogen. However when the solar goes down, Diablo Canyon can change again to producing electrical energy. And Diablo Canyon will have the ability to desalinate and produce hydrogen at half the price of different strategies.
In different phrases, including polygeneration to Diablo Canyon addresses many California points affordably. It’s nicely well worth the funding.
Stephen Williams
Santa Cruz
Hanson’s ‘insights’
into Democrats off-base
Re. Victor Davis Hanson 12/17/21 “Why is left now apprehensive about finish of democracy?“, Web page A7:
Victor Hanson has no concept what I, as a Democrat, fear and never fear about. He has no reliable purpose to put in writing a column presuming to know my cares and issues, particularly with out truly having a dialog with me or different Democrats.
It could behoove him to talk of issues he’s not apprehensive about (Meadow’s emails? these pleading the Fifth within the Jan. 6 hearings? Local weather change? Ladies’s rights? COVID unfold and deaths in Republican states? Baby care?), relatively than write an opinion piece stuffed with overgeneralizations, assumptions, obfuscations and lies.
I agree with a number of different letter-writers who've had sufficient of his babbling, overused right-wing speaking factors to demonize us and additional divide this nation. Convey again somebody who has a stage head and might see either side of a problem, then we are able to go from there.
Lisa Rigge
Pleasanton
Bearing arms is essential
a part of modification
In reference to “semi-automatic weapons,” Bruce Joffe claims in Sunday’s Letters to the Editor part (“Newsom ought to forged a large anti-gun internet,” Web page A18): “Whereas possession of those weapons could also be protected by the Second Modification, taking them out of the proprietor’s home will not be.”
One wonders what a part of “The precise to maintain and bear arms shall not be infringed” Mr. Joffe doesn't perceive.
Mike Goldstein
Walnut Creek
Supreme Court docket doing
high-quality with 9 justices
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s name to broaden the Supreme Court docket (“Elizabeth Warren requires growth of Supreme Court docket,” Web page A4, Dec. 16) is blatantly clear, and ridiculous. All she needs to do is change the court docket from its present conservative majority (5-4) to a liberal majority (6-7) whereas Democrats are nonetheless in energy and might appoint liberal judges.
Naturally, she makes use of the now drained section that “Our democracy will depend on it.” The issue along with her convoluted logic is that if Republicans ever take management once more, they might search to broaden the Court docket even additional to once more declare a conservative majority. After all, Democrats hope Republicans by no means achieve energy once more, which might guarantee their liberal majority lasts endlessly. Nonetheless, that may be very short-sighted considering.
The Supreme Court docket, with 9 justices, has labored high-quality for over 150 years. Simply depart it alone and neglect the unending partisan politics.
Joseph Gumina
San Carlos
Excessive rents usually are not
driving exodus
Scott O’Neil received it proper when he introduced consideration to the generational exodus going through the Bay Space (“Bay Space cities are responsible for this Housing Disaster Christmas,” Web page A18, Dec. 19), however he missed a key component.
Many younger folks have already moved, and lots of extra will. Not due to excessive rents, however as a result of they will purchase a house for a 3rd of what it prices right here. Lots of their mother and father will observe them. It isn't serving to responsible the people who find themselves constructing the one new housing in our area.
Thomas Scott
Morgan Hill
Sports activities leagues ought to
implement masks mandates
It isn’t a thriller why so many sports activities groups are experiencing a rash of COVID-19 infections past the elevated transmissibility of the brand new strains.
A fast take a look at the sidelines on the gamers and followers on the video games will instantly reveal the rationale. So many individuals put on their masks both like a chin strap or below their noses that there is no such thing as a safety in opposition to the spreading of the virus. That is frequent in well being golf equipment across the Bay Space, too. Until the mouth and nostril are lined, the safety afforded by a masks is negligible. It violates the mask-mandate insurance policies. These most susceptible are put at particularly nice danger by these thoughtless folks.
The right and efficient method of carrying masks ought to be enforced.
David Bruck
San Jose
Pacheco Dam an excessive amount of
price, too little profit
I used to be upset that the California Water Fee accredited the Pacheco Reservoir Growth Mission by Valley Water as “possible” within the Dec. 16 Mercury Information (“Plan close to Pacheco Move will get massive increase from state,” Web page B1).
Whereas it's most likely possible to construct a brand new dam and reservoir there, it isn't the fiscally sound nor the environmentally finest resolution. I agree that Valley Water wants to extend our water provide safety and resilience, however a brand new Pacheco off-stream reservoir to retailer “wet yr” water is a really costly (estimated $2.3 billion) option to achieve solely 134,500 acre-feet enhance in storage. Knowledgeable folks know that there are a lot cheaper and fewer environmentally damaging tasks that Valley Water ought to pursue to extend our water safety together with extra groundwater storage, extra recycling and extra conservation.
John Cordes
Sunnyvale