To the editor: Solely 65 quick years since its beautiful debut in 1959, who would’ve guessed that the answer to California wildfires is — await it — the Westinghouse Total Electric Home? (“The Los Angeles fires are no excuse to slow down on clean energy,” column, Jan. 30)
Given the ever-increasing electrical charges in California, there is no such thing as a state of affairs the place an all-electric house is cheaper than pure gasoline with out heavy “incentivizing” by all layers of presidency.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is doing the correct factor by reducing pink tape so householders affected by the Palisades fireplace can rebuild extra simply.
Dennis Gimian, Irvine
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To the editor: Backing off from guidelines requiring new houses to be all-electric is a giant step backward.
These fires had been intensified by the unseasonable moist spring development coupled with the notably dry summer season brought on by local weather change. If we don’t cease emitting carbon dioxide and different greenhouse gases, that is prone to proceed taking place.
Burning gasoline needs to be a factor of the previous, or at the least we must always attempt to cut back its use. Our youngsters and grandchildren will marvel what we had been pondering once we recklessly continued burning fossil fuels regardless of realizing the hurt induced to our well being and that of our planet.
We’re already seeing so many risks brought on by fossil fuels. I is probably not right here by the point the planet turns into unlivable, however I’d at the least prefer to suppose we did what we might.
Let the politicians in any respect ranges — metropolis, county, state and nationwide — know that we have to cease burning.
Maggie Wineburgh-Freed, Los Angeles
