Menlo Park Council Members -
At your next council meeting on Tuesday, you will be asked to approve a priority for a staff analysis of Reach Codes.
While I don't live in Menlo Park, but in Cupertino, I share the consequences of Reach Codes and other policies to mitigate climate
change. Actually, I won't share the consequences, but my children and grandchildren will. At the age of 74, mankind has foolishly
and unnecessarily put trillions of tons of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Most of these have been added since the early 1990s
when the first international reports were released and Climate Scientist James Hansen reported on this topic in 1984. Had
governments acted then, we would not be in this desperate situation today. Today, the best we can do is reduce the accumulation of
more damage for the next generation.
It is our responsibility to modify our ways so our children and grandchildren will not suffer any more than is necessary.
Please be leaders as Palo Alto has and, at least at this stage in the process, direct your staff to examine the issue.
Thanks, Gary
--
Fight for Renewable Energies! Save the global ecology; create jobs; eliminate dependence on foreign oil; reduce military
requirements
Gary Latshaw, Ph.D.
408-499-3006
