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Letters to the editor: Issue of May 5, 2016

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Stop the pipeline

SDG&E is planning to install a 36- inch, 800-psi natural gas pipeline that will run down the length of Pomerado Road from Lake Hodges through Rancho Bernardo, Poway and Scripps Ranch. Construction is set to begin next year.

Late in 2015, a proposal was submitted to the CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission). The proposed route runs adjacent to many homes, schools, churches, nursing homes, a fire station and Pomerado Hospital. Pomerado is the only access road in and out of the area in the event of an earthquake, major explosion due to a leak in the pipeline, or heavy congestion during construction which would lead to gridlock.

This project was proposed 23 years ago and it was stopped. As concerned citizens, we need to stop it this time.

Act now, before it’s too late. Let your voice be heard. Contact your city leaders, SDG&E and the California Public Utilities Commission.

Mary Vedborg

Rosemary Vandervort

Poway

Seven Oaks complaint

On Sept. 22 of last year I signed a complaint to the architectural committee at Seven Oaks regarding an ugly-as-sin eyesore on Rancho Bernardo Road. While driving on the road, just east of Acena Drive, you will see a large stack of dead, broken branches next to a rickety, falling fence. Per city measurement, I have confirmed that 90 percent of this property is on a residential lot.

We all strive to keep Rancho Bernardo beautiful. Why hasn’t Seven Oaks taken care of this problem?

Alethea Altenbern

Rancho Bernardo

It’s upside down

In his April 28 letter, Sheldon Daniels cites a World Watch study and posits that if we all went vegan, we could reduce greenhouse gases by up to 50 percent.

The EPA produces annual data on methane and carbon dioxide emissions and provides actual numbers for the U.S. In its latest report, the EPA reports that agriculture is responsible for only 8.3 percent of methane emissions in the U.S.

Of this, 79 percent is from “agriculture soil management” and less than 20 percent is from ruminating animals such as cows.

This author’s argument that eating vegan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions is upside down. If more crops are grown to meet the vegan diet requirements, there would be an increase of 400 percent in agriculture methane emissions (79 percent vs. less than 20 percent.).

Allen West

Rancho Bernardo

Moving forward

In response to Dr. Mel Schmitz’s letter (April 28):

We have moved from the 14th century of law to the 21st century because of necessity from activists. The law does not change by itself, it changes because many of the laws are antiquated and need revision. People who are living in the past do not appreciate change.

The past was a wondrous place for many who were fortunate enough to be living in the gilded age, but those who did not have that joy are asking for change.

They are no, as inferred, left wing extremists, but people who would like to move forward, not backward.

Shirley Cooper

Rancho Bernardo

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