VIEWS
Peak adventure. Discover the all-new 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness. ®
™
This is the Subaru for the paths not yet taken, with standard Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive + 9.5 inches of ground clearance. Plus the climbing power of a 260-horsepower turbocharged SUBARU BOXER ® engine. Welcome to adventure, elevated.
Special APR Financing available on new 2022 Subaru models now through August 31st, 2022
• The 2022 Subaru Outback is a 2021 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ (excludes Wilderness models). • Best Resale Value in its class for two years running, according to Kelley Blue Book.54 • 97% of Subaru Outback vehicles sold in the last 10 years are still on the road today, more than Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, or Hyundai Santa Fe.51
• NHTSA 5-Star Overall Safety Rating.55 • Best Resale Value in its class for two years running, according to Kelley Blue Book.54 • 97% of Subaru Crosstrek vehicles sold in the last 9 years are still on the road today, more than Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, or Jeep Compass.56 MRC/MRD
NDD
Climate Inaction Threatens Grandchildren’s Future By John Schaefer
newsroom@northcoastjournal.com
McCrea Subaru 1406 5th Street Eureka • 442-1741 www.mccreasubaru.com
Based on Experian Automotive vehicles in operation vs. total new registrations for MY2012-2021 as of December 2020. Vehicle’s projected resale value is specific to the 2020-2021 model years. For more information, visit Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc.
Email Us Here:
press releases & news tips:
newsroom@northcoastjournal.com
letters to the editor:
letters@northcoastjournal.com
events/a&e:
calendar@northcoastjournal.com
music:
music@northcoastjournal.com
advertising:
display@northcoastjournal.com
classified/workshops:
classified@northcoastjournal.com
distribution:
distribution@northcoastjournal.com
12
Shutterstock
NORTH COAST JOURNAL • Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 • northcoastjournal.com
R
ecent evidence reveals that California has surrendered to the climate crisis, so prospects for our grandchildren’s future look grim. For example, this year the Assembly and state Senate passed no effective climate legislation. Lawmakers ignored climate’s effect on wildfires, floods, drought and soaring temperatures. Worldwide temperatures are now 1.2 degrees Celsius above historic levels, headed for 3.6 degrees by 2100. Given damage already apparent, imagine year 2100 at 3.6 degrees. It’s not that lawmakers don’t know. Sen. Mike McGuire’s Senate Concurrent Resolution 53 declares, “The climate emergency threatens the state, the nation, the planet, the natural world, and all of humanity.” Fifteen cosponsors — unfortunately only 15 — have joined this declaration, but its mere words don’t do anything to arrest the emergency. There have been fires here long before it was California, but it’s only with the climate crisis they’ve grown to be such conflagrations. Another ineffective bill, Senate Bill 884, supports PG&E to underground its distribution lines, but does nothing to slow conflagrations. PG&E’s plan also ignores how other utilities have insulated overhead lines cheaper and faster. So this bill
may reduce fires that PG&E starts, but it won’t do anything to help conflagrations. At the heart of the climate crisis are carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas. Climate solutions are multifaceted. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that to keep temperatures below disastrous levels, we need to take all possible actions. Which actions? IPCC results are complex, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a more accessible, online model called En-ROADS (www.en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.html?v=22.5.1). Anyone can test solutions and users find that one indispensable component of success is a high price on carbon dioxide pollution. Wind and solar are already cheaper than fossil-powered electricity. So why isn’t California using more? Partly, it’s because NIMBYs oppose solar and wind power, and partly it’s because utilities don’t make enough money on solar and wind. Sadly, government also colludes with corporations and crisis supporters. Rooftop solar has arguably been America’s most successful program, but the Public Utilities Commission’s plan to block it assures California can’t meet its climate goals. Claiming falsely that poor people subsidize rich owners of solar roofs, PG&E
