Re: “ ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is likely to raise costs of energy in Washington” (Aug. 10, A1):
Eradicating federal subsidies from renewable power era and electrical automobiles merely unmasks their true prices, permitting them to compete face to face with current power sources and conventional fuel-powered automobiles. These options might proceed to play an element within the power setting however might want to exist on a degree enjoying subject.
As well as, when contemplating renewable power sources and electrical automobiles it is very important take into account the unseen environmental prices. Mining and refining lithium, copper, silicon, cobalt, uncommon earth components and different supplies wanted of their building necessitates a large environmental footprint and consumes huge quantities of fossil fuels. Due to this fact, these “inexperienced” power sources have a tremendously giant however unseen carbon footprint.
Maybe a greater method can be to think about an power system for Washington state that features a number of, complementary inputs from hydro, nuclear, wind, fossil gasoline and photo voltaic sources to supply steady, pretty priced electrical energy in a price environment friendly, environmentally acutely aware method. Electrical automobiles must make sense with out subsidies.
Mario D. Forte, Tacoma
