PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 11, 2025
Up and down the East Coast, we face the same needs to meet a rising demand for electricity. Some voices in the incoming administration are arguing that wind and solar must be excluded from the electrical grid. No convincing reason is given for this argument, and such an exclusion would make it far more difficult to prevent power blackouts from demand outstripping electricity supply. With nuclear fusion more than 10 years in the future, and climate change a real thing, we would be foolish to put all our energy needs in the fossil fuel basket. Fossil fuel interests are of course arguing for exactly that, out of pure financial self-interest. ~ Chris Wiegard, Chester, Va.