To the editor:
It has been reported that Biden's No. 1 priority is, wait for it -- climate change.
The United States, starting in 1955, has enacted numerous laws and regulations regarding air pollution and quality. What started as individual state monitoring saw, by 1970, the Federal government getting involved. During this period vehicle emissions were regulated. Corporations had to list their pollutants that adversely affected human beings and air. The Clean Air Act allowed the companies to be sued. In the 1990, new formulas for gas emission were introduced and from 1990 to the present Congress has passed additional laws under the Clean Air Act and presidents, by executive orders, have enforced their will on the American citizens concerning air quality.
Climate change and green energy is all that is talked about. Here is some data that is not talked about. This is all from www.worlddata.info. The United States is the third largest country in the world in land mass after Russia and Canada. The United States has the highest proportion of residents (83 percent) belonging to the urban population. Russia, with 8.4 inhabitants per square kilometer, is one of the most sparsely populated countries on earth. A considerable share of the inhabitants (75 percent) belong to the urban population. Canada has 3.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries on earth. An exceptionally high proportion of residents (82 percent) live in urban areas. When it comes to the use of electricity, the highest rate of energy consumption is China, at 5,564.00 billion kwh, followed by the United States at 3,902.00 billion kwh and Russia at 909.60 billion kwh.
While our government is doing everything it can to rid our nation of fossil fuels, it was reported by Stuart Varney on Fox Business that China is continuing to build coal-fired plants. Alex Epstein for the Center of Industrial Progress stated that solar and wind currently produce just 3 percent of the world's energy.
As our representatives in Congress and the executive branch had and have to know the impact of this on our nation, they are complicit in the ruination of the fossil fuel industry in our country. The House of Representatives has introduced a climate change, or green energy, bill and needs to be questioned why by a court, and members of Congress who voted for the bill to make it a law need to explain their treasonous actions, having shown allegiance to other countries, such as China.
Merica Petrella
Steubenville