(Letter to the Editor - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection)

During the January severe cold snap, we have learned some hard truths concerning the misinformation the climate alarmists are spreading about global warming aka climate change.

Climate alarmists want everyone to drive electric vehicles (EVs). During the Monday, Jan. 15, Iowa Caucus, TV news media filmed EV charging stations, which looked like snowy automobile graveyards. It was proven during intense cold weather EVs’ driving range is reduced by 50% or more, especially if the EV’s heater is run.

EVs (Teslas) require, at least, 30 minutes to fully recharge their batteries. During Iowa’s cold snap it required much longer and some EVs would not take a charge, period, and had to be towed from the charging stations. If EVs are the cars of the future, it is clearly the distant future.

Rent-a-car companies, like Hertz, are going back to internal combustion engine vehicles because they are cheaper to purchase, cheaper to maintain and are plainly more reliable. For these reasons EVs are not selling at dealerships. Consumers don’t want them.

Eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court will likely overturn all federal and state mandates to purchase EVs. No government has the constitutional authority to shove EVs “down American drivers’ throats.”

Windmills are not a source of reliable renewable energy. A few years back, in Texas, it made national headlines when windmills froze up and were inoperable under heavy snow and ice. Nor is solar energy a reliable energy. Solar panels under several inches of snow and ice wouldn’t function properly.

Wind and solar energy are needed to be backed by reliable fossil fuel energy sources for generations to come.

Climate alarmists are incorrectly classifying CO2 as a pollutant, when it is a natural plant food in atmospheric form. This contributes to a greener planet and increased food production.

Earth naturally goes through periods of increased warmth and cooling. CO2 levels are currently at 1/6 of their peak in Earth’s past. Some of these periods occurred during the Roman Empire and when Vikings were exploring North America. These were times of plenty in Europe.

“Green” energy is a solution to a non-existent problem, a hoax and a scheme by the globalists to redistribute the world’s wealth.

Coal, oil, and natural gas and nuclear energy are the energy sources of the foreseeable future with no question.

Steve Wolverton

Parkersburg