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<body><headline>Climate change a pretty big problem</headline><p>Mr. Wittik asks whether the solution to climate change is worse than the problem (“<a href="https://articles.vnews.com/Valley-News-Forum-for-July-17-2023-51629689"… change: Is the solution worse than the problem?</a>” July 17) . Much of his information comes from a book by Bjorn Lomberg, which cites oppressive costs for reaching net zero by 2050 and questions whether it would be better to lower climate goals as a trade-off for reducing financial pain.</p><p>As one involved in spurring Hanover to its net-zero-by-2050 resolution at the 2017 Town Meeting, I am aware of the issues he has raised. Mr Lomberg is well-known critic of many environmental policies. He is also well-known for his deceptive analyses of the economic costs of such policies. For those who want a detailed analysis of his book False Alarm, I recommend a <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/a-closer-examination-of-th… from the London School of Economics</a>. It details how the “fantastical” numbers were derived by (among other things) ignoring the cost of fossil fuel subsidies, cherry-picking outdated models of the estimates of climate change costs, and miscalculating the “optimal” level of global warming. For Lomberg and Wittik there are only costs, they ignore the economic benefits of moving to renewables — a healthier environment and increased job opportunities among them.</p><p>Those who are working to reduce our carbon footprint know it is a difficult path and reaching a 2050 goal is a major lift — even greater as more time passes. But the alternative paths are even more dire.</p><p>Finally, suggesting that a global temperature increase of 6.75 degrees F (3.75 C) is in any way optimal is absurd. The IPCC estimates an increase above 2 degrees C would lead us to conditions not seen on earth since the Pliocene Epoch, 3 million years ago. At that time the ice caps were diminished and the seas were 20-30 meters higher than today. I’m wondering if Wittik believes our neighbors who have recently experienced our second once-in-a-hundred-years flood in 12 years would agree that these conditions are “optimal.”</p><p>Michael Hillinger</p><p>Etna</p><headline>Stages of climate grief</headline><p>On Monday, July 17, <a href="https://articles.vnews.com/Valley-News-Forum-for-July-17-2023-51629689"… letters appeared in the forum</a> on the issue of climate change. They show the predictable stages of grief. Mr. Wittik (“Climate change: Is the solution worse than the problem?”) showed he had done research. He exhibited the bargaining stage, hoping for a less expensive solution to reach a lesser goal. He had been scared by a statement it would cost $11,000 per person a year to change, and expressed a valid concern for the dangers faced by EV miners, like those currently faced by coal miners. I have no knowledge of where the $11,000 figure came from but those types of figures, which appear often in news articles, do not reflect reality. Expenses should and to some extent would be borne in proportion to income.</p><p>Mr. Sellers (“Let’s look harder at nuclear energy”) showed denial in that he hopes a change to nuclear power would be a simple solution. Mr. Sellers asked why Biden is eliminating fossil fuels before having other sources of power. He also asked why is Biden eliminating farms, cattle and food sources.</p><p>If Mr. Sellers had researched the issue he would find that Biden has stated repeatedly that fossil fuels need to be used as we transition to clean power sources. Biden has not shut down any existing pipelines, one of the false narratives out there. The recent legislation provided government incentives to switch to clean power. Those changes are being fought by regressionists in Congress.</p><p>Trolly and train users had similar complaints when we transitioned to cars. The government at all levels previously supported the oil and gas industry, ignoring citizens’ concerns about in-ground tanks, pollution, providing roads and providing favorable taxes. Mr. Sellers’ statement that Biden is eliminating farms, cattle and food sources is ridiculous, and fearmongering.</p><p>And nobody is saying our planet is going to die. Planets don’t die, but you can’t bargain with or deny the forces of nature that can make human life on Earth very, very difficult.</p><p>Lanea Witkus</p><p>Newport</p><headline>To replace coal and natural gas, go nuclear</headline><p>In his letter to the Valley News published on July 17, state Rep. John Sellers told us to look harder at nuclear energy (“<a href="https://articles.vnews.com/Valley-News-Forum-for-July-17-2023-51629689"…’s look harder at nuclear energy</a>”). I agree.</p><p>According to Wikipedia, electricity in the U.S. is supplied mostly by natural gas (38%) and coal (22 %). Both of these produce greenhouse gases and need to be replaced by renewable sources to retard climate change. Our focus has been on developing wind and solar energy, and we must continue these efforts. Unfortunately, the efforts have only supplied 9% of our needs from wind and 3% from solar. Hydro is our third significant source, producing 6%, but the available hydro sources have already been developed. Even if we assume that there will be no additional need for electric power in the future, we must add five times our present production from wind and solar to replace natural gas and coal.</p><p>We see in the news that battery technology is evolving quickly, but a battery can only store electric power. It does not produce power, but better batteries will make it easier for us to use even more electric power than we do now. We will increase the use of electric cars, and electric power will be needed in other kinds of transportation. How much power we will need is impossible to know, but we will need a lot more than we do now.</p><p>The only viable way to satisfy future demand without continued reliance on coal and natural gas is to replace them with nuclear power — and judging by the time required to build nuclear plants, we need to take a hard look at nuclear energy right now.</p><p>Alv Elvestad</p><p>Enfield</p></body><br/>

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