To the editor: Columnist Steve Lopez is correct, as ordinary, to induce elevated emphasis on electrical automobiles as a technique to fight local weather change. However as a number of research have proven, going meatless, particularly beef-less, can be an efficient technique to scale back carbon emissions.
Furthermore, the sacrifice to meat lovers — which I used to be earlier than going veggie 15 years in the past — has considerably been diminished by main advances in meat substitutes, particularly for burgers, hen and even bacon. And together with the environmental advantages come the well being and moral benefits of not elevating lovable animals solely to torture after which butcher them.
How a few column on that no-brainer, Mr. Lopez?
Vincent Brook, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Three years in the past, my husband and I purchased a used electrical car and have by no means seemed again. Though we initially bought our 2014 Toyota RAV4 to “do our bit” for the planet, a bonus has been a steep discount in household transportation prices. We haven’t pushed right into a fuel station for 3 years and have incurred nearly no upkeep prices.
Upkeep prices for EVs are a lot decrease than for inside combustion engine automobiles, as a result of EVs have fewer shifting elements, no oil and no catalytic converter. An EV with a excessive odometer studying is a a lot safer use of money than a gas-powered automobile with the identical studying. In fact, used EVs are rather more inexpensive than new ones.
Our most charging vary is about 90 miles, so if we have now an extended journey we both plan a lunch cease near a charging station or drive our 2008 Prius.
So, what’s to not like about an EV?
Marilyn Judson, Santa Monica
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