To the editor: Writing something does not do so (“A climate report without denial and without excessive alarms”, August 14). There isIn fact, “the convincing evidence that hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or American droughts have become more frequent or intense in recent decades” (keep in mind that the contributing writer Veronique de Rugy omits the mention of the fires, where I dedicate myself there there is even more undeniable evidence). The cost of doing nothing will far exceed the cost of aggressive energy transition and carbon reduction. The fact that the United States cannot face this challenge is not a reason not to demonstrate global leadership in this context.
Thomas Bliss, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Congratulations to Los Angeles Times to print this column on a fair and balanced evaluation of climate change, its effects and what we can do about it. This type of discussion is fundamental for us, the peoples and our elected representatives, navigating on a path informed through the mined field of erroneous information on climate change.
Climate change is happening, but it is not “the end of the world.” It is just another challenge among many in the future that faces the shortage of water, the potential depopulation, the malnutrition caused by the war, etc.
The bad allocation of our time, money and intellectual capital by making politicized decisions to face these various challenges could be disastrous.
Dennis Gimian, Irvine
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To the editor: Rugy mentions the climate working group that wrote the report that the Secretary of the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, commissioned to evaluate the current state of climate science. Somehow, she does not name the group members. Well, here are: John Christy, Judith Curry, Steven Koonin, Ross McKitrick and Roy Spencer. Look for them and see that they live in the world of climate change denial. Given the people chosen for the report, the results should not surprise anyone. The real damage that this report does is sow more doubts in the public's mind, thus delaying the actions that would avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Charles Petithomme, Burbank
