Readers respond: Oregon nurseries need natural gas

A latest Multnomah County report cited well being issues about pure fuel cooktops, whereas town of Eugene stands ready to ban pure fuel hookups in all new residences. It’s obvious that there’s a political agenda to get rid of pure fuel with out a lot consideration for the impression this could have on native companies.

As the final supervisor at John Holmlund Nursery in Boring, we depend on vitality effectivity from pure fuel to nurture seedlings to maturity. We propagate over half 1,000,000 bushes per planting season. Shedding entry to pure fuel would make the nursery operation costlier, troublesome and fewer environment friendly. That would have an effect on the tree progress charge throughout the area’s nurseries, additional impacting oxygen manufacturing and carbon dioxide discount.

The Northwest is thought for its vibrant panorama, thanks partially to our native nurseries that produce hundreds of thousands of bushes yearly. Not solely do these bushes assist populate Oregon’s stunning surroundings, however additionally they hold our air recent and clear. With out them, our combat in opposition to greenhouse fuel emissions could be far tougher.

It’s clear that native nurseries are useful to our surroundings. Taking away pure fuel entry to attain bold local weather objectives fails to account for the help that native plant manufacturing, powered by pure fuel, supplies within the quest for sustainability at residence.

Let’s not rush into poorly thought of selections about gas bans earlier than we all know precisely the best way to offset the lack of what they make doable.

Vladimir Lomen, Boring

Lomen is basic supervisor of John Holmlund Nursery

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