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State has no alternative
however all-electric future
Re: “Conversion to electrical shall be too painful” (Web page A6, Could 9).
In Letters Could 9, Barry Fernald says banning gasoline from new properties beginning in 2026 “shall be a horrible burden” as a result of throughout outages we received’t have heat showers, meals and rooms.
In a means he’s proper, electrical home equipment want electrical energy. In a single small means, he’s incorrect; gasoline furnaces require energy for the blower. However he’s additionally incorrect in massive methods. Batteries can warmth water, meals and rooms. Massive EV batteries will quickly be powering our properties throughout outages, lengthy earlier than the gasoline ban arrives. Batteries additionally energy fridges, important for secure meals. An EV can energy important hundreds for every week, and including photo voltaic can maintain batteries charged indefinitely.
We shouldn’t neglect the motivation for the gasoline ban. 2023 and 2024 shall be extraordinarily sizzling as a result of we’ve did not restrict fossil gasoline burning. Local weather change would be the actual burden; going all-electric is one large resolution.
Doug McKenzie
Berkeley