Letters to the Editor — Climate change, crypto mining, property taxes, women’s lacrosse

Climate change reporting very important

Re: “Is local weather change to blame? Experts say the connection to sizzling days is sophisticated, but it surely positive doesn’t assist,” Tuesday Metro & Business story.

I appreciated this story about how scientists are in a position to attribute particular excessive climate occasions to man-made local weather change. The Climate Shift Index instrument from Climate Central talked about in the story helps to put in perspective how robust the affect from local weather change has develop into.

Tricky as it could be, we nonetheless know that the fingerprints of local weather change are throughout this brutal, extended warmth. I would really like to see reporting from The Dallas Morning News on the local weather positions of all of the candidates main up to the November midterm elections.

With Yale Climate Connections discovering of their Global Warming’s Six Americas report that 6 out of 10 Americans are alarmed or involved about local weather change, and with so many Texans principally sheltering in place from the warmth and praying that our electrical grid received’t fail once we want it most, I believe this could be very related to many readers.

Garrett Pennel, North Dallas

Crypto mining drains energy

Texas has been encouraging crypto mining in the state such that they have already got greater than 1,000 megawatts of energy consumption, in accordance to the Texas blockchain business affiliation. This by itself is way over ERCOT’s whole energy margin deficit that led to the conservation appeals on July 11 and 13.

Yet, ERCOT expects crypto miners to devour as a lot as 6,000 megawatts extra by the center of subsequent yr! When Texas doesn’t have the sense to strictly management the addition of such egregious energy hogs to the grid, it reveals that Texas officers worth enterprise bragging rights (and maybe political contributions?) greater than a dependable electrical grid.

Gov. Greg Abbot and our legislators want to get the message that they’ve nonetheless failed to obtain a grid system in Texas that has excessive reliability by design. Call them to categorical your issues and, higher but, vote them out of workplace.

China is aware of how harmful this example is. They kicked crypto mining out of their nation final yr. Power capability, air pollution and CO2 all are inherently problematic with crypto mining.

Jay Gurley, Colleyville

Can grid deal with colleges?

According to ERCOT, the energy grid has been at its peak day-after-day due to the unprecedented warmth wave. With over 12,000 public faculty buildings (not to point out personal colleges and universities) set to open quickly, precisely how is that grid going to maintain? Gov. Greg Abbott?

Margaret Ladtkow, Dallas/Lake Highlands

Ronstadt belongs in birthdays

In the July 15 birthdays itemizing, there was a obvious omission of Linda Ronstadt. She has acquired 11 Grammys and plenty of different awards, many prime 10 hits and offered over 100 million information. In the Nineteen Seventies, she was arguably the most proficient and profitable feminine singer. She vastly surpassed the 5 individuals who had been listed in reputation and success. So comfortable belated birthday, Linda!

Steve E. Melton, Dallas/Lake Highlands

State revenue tax not wanted

It looks like each article I examine rising property taxes blames larger property values. Then there’s a dialogue that we’d like a state revenue tax or another tax to assist offset this improve.

Your property taxes due are merely your assessed worth of your property occasions a tax price. Simply have your faculty board members or metropolis council members decrease the tax price to preserve your tax {dollars} due the identical.

Another tax solves nothing. Your home going up in worth is an efficient factor. If actual property goes down in worth, I guarantee you they’ll improve the tax price. So why shouldn’t we anticipate a major tax price drop to preserve our taxes due related to earlier yr?

Frank Wagnon, Southlake

Stain on Saudi Arabia

A fist bump for the chief of a rustic that bumps off its critics? I imagine President Joe Biden shouldn’t have met the Saudi Prince.

The demise of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains to be a stain on the Saudi chief and his nation. The ongoing assaults on journalists and journalism basically should all the time be known as out. Governments ought to shield journalists’ freedom, and that begins with condemning these occasions and positively sunning anybody implicated or related to them.

Dennis Fitzgerald, Melbourne, Australia

Lacrosse protection lacking

I used to be disenchanted that The Dallas Morning News did give extra protection to the Women’s World Lacrosse Championship held in Maryland. The U.S. workforce received the championship and was first ever to achieve this on house turf. More disappointing was the lack of congrats to Dallas’ personal Charlotte North, a two-time winner of Tewaaraton Award (lacrosse’s equal to the Heisman Award), as a valued member of the gold-winning workforce. Might I remind The Dallas Morning News that there are sports activities aside from soccer.

Mary Ann Climer, Dallas/North Oak Cliff

Thankful for U.S. freedoms

When I publicly voice my opinions by means of this newspaper’s editorial web page, I really feel that I’m no totally different than those that do likewise, even ones whose views are in contrast to mine. And I don’t see that I’m being handled in a different way than anybody else. It’s a proven fact that not all the pieces I submit will see the printed web page, however when it does, I do know our First Amendment’s assure is working and I get an excellent feeling from that.

I’m positive it’s a lot the identical for anybody else who will get that very same little little bit of publicity. They, as I do, ought to place nice worth on that assure. I additionally know that there are international locations on this world the place it’s fairly totally different, the place residents dwell in concern for his or her lives ought to they dare to converse out.

We right here in the U.S. are lucky past phrases with all of the freedoms we’ve got. I’ll fortunately proceed on.

Richard Street, Carrollton

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