On Sept. 3, my trip from Stony Creek to Guilford was cut short by road flooding from the normal seasonal high tide. A check of the tide table showed that similar flooding had likely occurred on the previous five days and during a similar period the previous month and will likely occur next month. Other places in Branford are similarly flooded. This “sunny day” flooding will become increasingly frequent as sea level rises at an ever-increasing rate. Fifty-five to 65% of our neighbors understand that this increasing sea level and flooding is caused by human activity (for example, producing carbon dioxide/CO2 by burning gas, gasoline, oil, and diesel) and believe that individuals and town and state governments should all act to address the problem.

In his recent campaign document addressing the recent increased “pass-through” charges on electric bills, Paul Crisci states that “more than 90% of residents have shown little or no interest in owning an electric vehicle [EV]” and suggests that the cost of a state-wide system to make it easier to charge away from home be paid for by individual towns (from the vehicle property tax). Whatever the source of Mr. Crisci’s 90% number, I suspect that a large percentage of the 64% of residents who believe that citizens should do more to address global warming would be much more likely to consider owning an EV if charging stations were as evenly distributed throughout the state as gas pumps. Regarding paying for such a charging system, we have all contributed to the problem, and we will all benefit from the improvement in reducing gasoline use. I suggest that funding the system via the state income tax would most closely match per capita contribution to cost of the system with per capita carbon footprint.

Bill Horne

Branford