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Don’t jump blindly: We are told our climate is in crisis. There is cause for concern but eliminating fossil fuels would be catastrophic. Irrational hysteria will force costly, unreliable renewables on us and they will do little for the climate. Fossil fuels have given us huge benefits that are being ignored. Furnaces and air conditioners save millions of lives every day. Fossil fuel-driven agricultural machines have given us the means to prevent starvation. Spending on research and development for the best solutions in energy sources and the technology to deliver it makes sense, but jumping blindly on the green energy bandwagon does not.
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Bigger than it sounds: I read the Aug. 31 column by Derrick Morgan about electric vehicles. He made a comment that stopping the use of all combustion engines in California would only drop the average temperature .02 degree. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? Consider this, the average temperature of the oceans has risen only .76 degree and this has caused ice shelves to melt, water levels to rise and the salinity of the waters and fishing lanes to change. His column doesn’t mention that we have 50 states (50x.02) and making changes now will help to preserve our nation for our children’s children.
Wrong response: Because of their participation in the Jan. 6 investigative hearings, U.S Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were censured? Why? What rational purpose does that serve in finding a path to the facts? Those who did watch the results in the public hearings were exposed to the claims of a corrupt effort by Donald Trump to extend his term in office. When is the Republican Party going to stop accepting this responsibility of defending Trump’s behavior and begin to react appropriately?
Texas mayor’s actions correct: Mayors of some Democratic sanctuary cities are complaining because the mayor of Texas is sending busloads of illegals to them from Texas. If they’re going to say they’re sanctuary cities, then they should gladly take them!
Theft by any other name… Donald Trump is a thief and I’m not referring to the trove of top-secret documents that’ve been found at Mar-a-Lago. No, I’m referring to the disgraced ex-president who stole our faith in government institutions, our confidence in protection under the law and, if reelected, will undoubtedly steal our democracy as well.