Letters to the editor: The power of EVs; importance of the arts; disinformation bill
EVs help during power outages
Re: Noel D’Angelo’s Sept. 12 letter, “Outages negate electric-car plan”:
Electric vehicles will help us power our way through future Flex Alerts and power outages. Concerns have been voiced about how we will charge all the coming electric vehicles after 2035. My house has a Powerwall battery that can power my home with solar generation throughout days of power outages. My electric vehicle has a battery with six times the storage capacity of my home battery.
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology currently under development will enable EVs to charge during times of ample energy supply and discharge to the grid during the peak usage periods. These thousands of mini power plants distributed through our communities will enable us to better utilize renewable energy and avoid Flex Alerts. Get ready, get an EV. Learn more at the Ventura EV Showcase on Sept. 25.
Kent Bullard, Ventura
Community embraces the arts
One of the best things about living in the Conejo Valley is the attention we pay to “the arts.” Recently I had the pleasure of being in the audience for a fantastic version of “Romeo and Juliet” and I would like to highlight a particularly impressive work that was put on by one of our local groups. The California Shakespeare Company’s production at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks is really a spectacular take on one of the most famous plays of William Shakespeare.
The clever adaptation and direction bring an old play and thrusts it into today’s political climate. With each of the “houses” representing a different political point of view and the divide seemingly untenable, we get to see two star-crossed lovers come to terms with the painful hatred that has no explanation and seemingly no solution.
I give my kudos to the folks at Hillcrest Center of the Arts for putting on such a production and pass along my sincere thanks to the amazing cast and production team at the California Shakespeare Company. From the acting to the lighting to the music to the use of projections, it was a great performance that I hope everyone will get a chance to see.
By the end of the play, I felt lucky and thankful to be living in a community that embraces such innovative art and provides a platform for young artists to shine with a text that is hundreds of years old. Well done.
Jacob Verdes, Newbury Park
Another misinformed politician
Our local Assemblymen, Steve Bennett, has voted yes on AB 2098. This should concern you, folks. AB 2098 proposes to censor and possibly strip any doctor of their medical license, even end their career, if they utter “disinformation” about the COVID virus. Oh really?
Who determines just what disinformation is? Our elected officials? Would you want your doctor to be aware of the latest COVID studies from other countries, which are suppressed by our beloved CDC? Why in the world would we want legislators make our medical decisions for us? Is Steve Bennett a doctor? A medical expert? No, he is another very misinformed politician making yet another decision for how to control our lives. Remember this when you vote.
Janis Grimont, Ventura
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Letters: The power of EVs; importance of the arts; disinformation bill
