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LETTER: Let’s mandate tankless water heaters, EV chargers in new homes

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An aerial view of housing development along South Odette Land and West Condotti Court in Summerlin, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Marvin Botwinik Las Vegas
June 13, 2023 - 9:02 pm
 

Clark County needs to make all new home construction equipped to use solar energy and have low-flow toilets, tankless water heaters and EV charging stations. Yes, this will increase the cost of the home significantly. But the savings in energy and water will more than likely be greater than the increase in the mortgage payments over of 30 years. I believe these changes would be attractive additions for the homebuyer and would save water and reduce the drain on power plants, reducing greenhouse effects.

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LETTER: Biden confused over inflation.
Nicholas P. Gartner Henderson

All this mismanagement has resulted in the national debt rising at a very alarming rate.

The U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
LETTER: Still after the Jan. 6 protesters
J.J. Schrader Henderson

So more than three years after the riot, the government is still using taxpayer money and manpower in its vendetta to ferret out Donald Trump supporters.

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LETTER: Columbia kids need to learn to pay their own way
Martha Olson Las Vegas

Frankly, if I had kids at Columbia who participated in these “protests,” I’d yank them out of school, toss their stuff onto the lawn and tell them to get a job, go live in the real world and pay your own way.

President Joe Biden. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images/TNS)
LETTER: Here’s the real threat to democracy
Bruce A. Kesselman Las Vegas

In the 2020 election, Mr. Biden ran on promises he has failed to keep. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

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LETTER: No need for an SOS on Social Security
Bill Minarik Las Vegas

The functional reality is that members of Congress need to keep Social Security alive or they will be voted out of office.