Electric vehicles

I am concerned that readers may be misled by the rhetoric in Stephen Moore’s column on electrifying the transportation sector (“Moore: Climate lobby takes aim at trucking industry”, April 5). He makes several untrue assertions.

First, the idea that federal policies are reducing the nation’s energy supply is false. Renewable energy is coming online faster than fossil fuel energy is being taken offline. Moore also suggests that nuclear power is declining, which is just not so. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act provides subsidies for nuclear power, which are already being utilized to reopen retired nuclear power plants.

Second, the assertion that charging electric vehicles will overwhelm the grid is simply not true. In California, which leads the nation in EV adoption, planners expect 15 times more EVs on the road in 2035 than today. They forecast even this increase will account for only about 10% of the state’s electrical demand.

Unfortunately, Moore is creating unjustified fear about our future energy landscape. He should be much more concerned about the serious problems (such as health effects, climate warming, and geopolitical instability) that stem from a continued dependence on fossil fuels.

Frederick Hewett

Cambridge

Biden & Iran

President Biden, extending the magic carpet to Iran that his mentor Barak Obama first unfurled, has continued to suspend oil sanctions the Trump administration imposed, thus enriching the mullahs in Tehran by tens of billions of dollars. That is commonsense gone awry, as it is when there is an election to win and anti-Israel voters to appease. President Biden knows that he has Israel over the proverbial barrel, for without guided munitions that limit loss of life, weapons that the U.S. sells to Israel, and without instruments for Israeli defense against enemy rockets and missiles, Israel would be hard pressed to emerge victorious against its and our enemies.

Biden is honing Occam’s Razor to a fine edge, castigating Israel as the simplest way to get Muslim American votes. It’s dirty business but, hey, there’s an election to win.

Paul Bloustein

Cincinnati, Ohio

Inflation

Fun fact: the only thing that causes inflation is excessive government spending, not tax cuts. I know it is the silly season, and silly people will say silly things to get reelected, but please try to not be so gullible America. Get an internet connection or a library card and keep your head in the game, we are counting on you this November.

Nick McNulty

Windham, NH