Readers React: To prevent another Porter Ranch gas leak, switch to geothermal
To the editor: With the Aliso Canyon well near Porter Ranch soon to be capped, ending the gas leak that has released masses of environmentally damaging natural gas into our atmosphere, it is not only essential that new safety measures be introduced but, more important, that ways are found to offset the environmental damage already done. (“Relief well is closing in on Porter Ranch gas leak,” Feb. 8)
California has had a setback. It needs to get back on track in its goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
One way is to cut the number of homes using natural gas by converting them into homes using geothermal heating and cooling. It’s being done all over Europe, and Porter Ranch is in a unique position to request this as compensation for its suffering.
The affected residents of Porter Ranch would forever be compensated with substantially lower electric bills and no gas bills at all.
Gerald Staack, Santa Clarita
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