To the editor: Rising temperatures attributed to local weather change have pushed Los Angeles County leaders to mandate that landlords in unincorporated areas preserve their items under 82 levels (“Rental items in unincorporated L.A. County should keep cool below new legislation,” Aug. 5). This can require extra air conditioners, which is able to spew extra scorching air out of buildings and into the streets, growing the city warmth island impact. In the meantime, the extra required A/C items will eat extra electrical energy, which is nonetheless largely produced by burning fossil fuels, and thus will produce extra carbon dioxide, a greenhouse fuel, which is able to additional warmth the planet.
What a superb answer our county supervisors have cooked up! Can they rewrite these pesky legal guidelines of physics for us subsequent?
Jack Debes, Santa Monica
