Electrification won’t cause severe impacts

Jayden - im just going to keep it real with you. At your age you shouldn't be worrying about existential things like these - especially when they have real world implications for people outside of your circle of perception. You need to go through the process of becoming a real man first before trying to dictate to other grown men what is best for them. You are barely learning how to drive a car and somehow you have all the answers? Its spectacular to see the delusional confidence young people have these days without ever putting in any real world hard work or hardship.This passive aggressive virtue signaling thing is hard to deal with. You have experienced zero real life consequences and have never felt whats its like to really stand alone on your own two feet. You are a kid - gain some wisdom and experience before trying to change the world. And I am very glad that you want to do that - its important to cultivate that. You need to see the world first hand - and see how many different "normals" exist and how many incredibly different perspectives on life exist out there before putting your flag in the sand. This climate phony altruism thing is one of the biggest waste of your positive energy. Find an outlet that you can actually make a tangible difference in.

Great letter. It's wonderful to see younger people - our future - educating themselves and weighing in on these important issues. Ignore the old-timer naysayers and keep learning and speaking out, Jayden. Well done.

Fortunately we have other letters to the Editor that show general hesitation about total electrification. These are written by utility bill payers and those who would be staring staggering electrical upgrade cost in the face. Now we have a sophomore recommending what we should be doing with our properties and our money. Wait until you are a homeowner and/or a utility bill payer before you express your spoon-fed opinion. Nice going, kid!

Jayden, I would suggest opening up your view past America and to the world. City electrification initiative aren’t close to perfect, they don’t earn a passing grade… China, India, and other developing nations are increasing their use of fossil-fuels due to growing demands, in an effort to develop their economies. Even established countries are increasing their use of fossil fuels because their demand isn’t met when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, similar to California, which relies on natural gas power plants to supply half the electricity that California uses.