Letters to the Editor: Earth may soon be 'unlivable.' A 26-year-old wonders why that isn't front-page news

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When the United Nations warns that we're not acting quickly enough on climate change, that means young people may not have a future, writes one reader. (via latimesopinion)

that we’re not moving quickly enough on climate change. Where is the urgency? Why are politicians not pushing harder for more renewable energy and less coal, oil and gas?This week, Los Angeles will experience high temperatures in the 90s, and extreme heat is expected to be with us for the foreseeable future. This is in addition to the fires, droughts and floods that are already costing us billions.

I’ve asked my representatives to put a gradually increasing price on carbon emissions at the mine or well and return these pollution fees to consumers, which scientists and economists say is the fastest and least painful way to rein in emissions. What do I hear? Nothing.

On Monday, the California Independent System Operator at noon was within about four gigawatts of having no place for wind and solar energy to go. To “dramatically accelerate the switch to clean renewable energy” requires having some place for the power to go. So far, there is no indication that utility storage will ever exist in the terawatt-year amounts needed to make wind and solar energy contribute significantly to world energy.William Ernest Schenewerk, Los Angeles

 

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opinion Absolutely. We should most definitely keep buying oil & gas from Russia forever and ever. Putler desperately needs lots of $$$ to perpetrate his genocides.

opinion There is no MAY. They WON’T

opinion the radical democrats created this mess but they sure as hell ain't gonna fix it

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