Letter: Some questions about climate change action - Chico Enterprise-Record

Letter: Some questions about climate change action - Chico Enterprise-Record

I am getting another tooth pulled tomorrow morning. All my chewing will now be on one side of my mouth. I think it is time for me to start going downhill. I am not one to fight against the dying of the light, or the inevitable. Still, ever the optimistic curmudgeon, if I live long enough to reach one more election (or several) I would ask candidates and public service applicants some questions regarding climate change action.

Paradise wants to give Chico s—: How about generating gravity fed hydro electricity from Paradise Sewage? Pulsing it – hold it in a series of treatment ponds – release it after the sun sets? (Hydroelectric after sunset.) Or tapping the now pristine treated water into Cal Water Service? (Water conservation.) Put a pedestrian/bike path along the route and shade it with solar plus wind? (Transportation and escape routes.)

Most of all I would want to know if they have any vision at all of what they would like to do to make Butte County, and the world, a safer place for everyone? Would you:

— Ban wooden fences? (They wick fire right up against buildings.)

— Quadruple the protected pedestrian and bikeways?

— Place a 100% tax on fossil fuels? (Fund alternatives.)

— Make public transit convenient and affordable – including hauling ebikes uphill?

— Hard to find one that does. Me suspects they lean to something far more macabre.

Would you clip and stick this on the fridge – just in case.

— Richard Roth, Chico