To the editor: This text states, “From April by means of June, Chevron, the largest refiner and second-biggest oil producer in California, made $12.1 billion in revenue, almost 5 instances the identical quarter final 12 months, and its highest earnings in at the least six years” (“Vitality firm income are hovering with the Iran conflict. Right here’s what California officers need to do,” Aug. 5). It additionally notes, “Chevron mentioned its efficiency mirrored world operations, not state or regional outcomes, and was pushed by previous investments.”
Does Chevron and the opposite refiners reaping “obscene income,” as state Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) put it, think about political contributions and paid lobbying efforts totaling tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to President Trump and his GOP lackeys as investments? How about their contributions to varied unaccountable slush funds like Freedom 250?
If that’s the case, these “investments” — anybody else would precisely name them bribes — actually paid off handsomely. And so they revenue slightly extra with each inexperienced power undertaking they’ve efficiently paid to kill.
Wally Ross, Pasco, Wash.
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To the editor: Whereas I help lawmakers’ efforts to tamp down the gorgeous income accruing to the likes of Chevron and Exxon for the reason that onset of the Iranian conflict, I don’t imagine outrage over that enrichment is the answer.
Quite, the actual and lasting answer is plugging into the longer term with electrical automobiles and leaving America’s oil-drenched previous previously the place it belongs.
Linda Nicholes, Huntington Seaside
