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Price of protecting
fossil gasoline too excessive
Responding to the letter from Richard Williams about the price of switching from fossil fuels (“Swap from fossil fuels is a expensive transition,” Web page A6, April 1), the creator fails to say the price of not switching away from fossil fuels. Should you digest what scientists are saying, our lifestyle is being destroyed by fossil gasoline use a lot sooner than we had been capable of predict 20 years in the past.
It’s short-sighted to say it’s this or that … fossil fuels or renewables. The price of gasoline on the pump is moot when you consider us not having a life on the planet.
The answer is a sit-down, ongoing dialogue with the oil firms admitting their corrupt coverage of main us down this path and unexpectedly getting busy working towards phasing down fossil gasoline manufacturing whereas massively subsidizing renewable vitality to keep up a steady-state Earth. Present the world how to do that.
Lawrence Danos
Hayward
We’re not but prepared
to give up fossil fuels
Concerning the letter “Again and again we see risks of fossil fuels” (Web page A12, April 3), the author claims we needlessly depend upon fossil fuels. We don’t have a selection at the moment as a result of photo voltaic solely represents 2% of the world’s vitality. Individuals who can afford an electrical automobile or don’t thoughts paying $6 a gallon for gasoline can say need they need to say, however for poorer communities, gasoline costs are an actual hardship. What can they do? Work two jobs.
When photo voltaic together with electrical autos are low-cost, that's after we can cease our dependence on fossil fuels.
Forest fireplace air pollution is an issue, and the federal government must do extra to alleviate huge fires by thinning the forest. The federal government additionally must take care of coal-consuming international locations like China, which makes use of greater than half of the world’s coal.
Douglas Abbott
Union Metropolis
College students deserve a sure
on Livermore Measure A
Livermore College District college students get pleasure from lab experiments of their bi-weekly, hands-on science courses. They study in regards to the components of the scientific methodology by formulating a speculation, observing the interplay of the supplies and measuring the affect of the interplay. The teachings are taught by science specialists — academics who've earned a single-subject credential in life/bodily science. Livermore receives $4 million from a $138 annual parcel tax to fund this program and others.
If Measure A fails to go, these hands-on science courses will finish. Academics could possibly be reassigned — they've already been notified — or they could possibly be laid off. Credentialed expertise academics could possibly be reassigned — they've been notified as properly. The assist the expertise specialists present improves scholar studying — serving to them achieve success on this digital age.
Our college students want your assist. Vote sure on Livermore Measure A.
Cate Sarraille
Livermore
Hypocrisy in US conflict
crimes accusations
Re. “US formally accuses Putin of conflict crimes,” Web page A1, March 24:
President Biden ought to hearken to his individuals on the Pentagon. If he did, he wouldn't have made such a hypocritical assertion.
Julian Assange is in Belmarsh Jail in England awaiting extradition for printing conflict crimes of the U.S. army in Iraq. If we're to be constant, George W. Bush ought to be tried alongside Mr. Putin; maybe they may share a cell. On this insane world, the USA will sanction the Worldwide Felony Courtroom if it introduced any costs in opposition to U.S. personnel. A lot for conflict crimes.
Mr. Zelenskyy is hardened by assist from different international locations which suggests a wider if not an extended conflict.
Robert Sinuhe
Oakland
Conservatives don’t name
for silencing others
It by no means ceases to amaze me how the liberal readers constantly resort to their favourite fallback place: Cease watching Fox Information and don’t learn conservative editorials.
Then again, as a reader of this newspaper for 45 years, I by no means see conservatives recommend that liberals cease watching MSNBC, CNN or cease studying liberal columnists like Leonard Pitts.
Possibly, simply perhaps, we conservatives merely need the constitutionally granted capability to see numerous opinions.
Heed the saying: “These with the weakest arguments need others to be silenced.” Many because of this newspaper for persevering with to print numerous views regardless of the continuous strain from liberals to exclude them.
Steve Mahler
Livermore
Every day mail supply is
nonetheless essential for a lot of
Concerning Martin Wilmington’s letter on lowering the frequency of USPS deliveries to 3 days every week versus changing the postal service’s complete fleet of autos (“To chop USPS emissions, cut back supply days,” Web page A12, April 3), not every little thing can wait. A few of us who depend on medicines and such being delivered on a well timed foundation depend on the present supply schedule.
June Wong
Pleasanton