As we keep adding wind and solar power to remove carbons, we are overlooking one important fact and that is, in my opinion, we are trying to play catchup too late.

It won’t matter how much we augment fossil fuels for electric generation because if everything goes according to plan in the next decades we will all be driving electric vehicles and this is just one of the inevitable loads we will be adding to the electric grid.  Also scientists are saying we will need to build new homes with total electric amenities, i.e. heat, air conditioning and a host of other electric needs. It should be noted that resistive electric heat baseboard or space heaters all are 100% efficient. In other words, for every dollar spent on electric heat you get a dollar’s worth of heat. No other system can make that claim. 

So in summation, if we don’t go to nuclear power, all the solar and wind in the world will never catch up to our electrical demands. I should add that once electric vehicles are made mandatory most homes will have to upgrade their electrical systems in their homes because their systems will not carry two electric vehicle cars if both drivers have to charge their vehicles at the same time.

Was laughed at when we moved to Maine in 1989 and built an all-electric home. Can’t understand so many people’s aversion to electric heat. Most say too expensive but if the home was built for it, it’s not only reasonable but quiet, safe and clean.

Frank D. Slason

Somerville