Richard Kranzdorf, Author at Santa Maria Sun

Reduce our footprints now

We groan over our energy bills and making wars on oil-producing countries, yet we don’t take the simplest steps to curb our energy use

by Richard Kranzdorf April 20, 2011August 31, 2022

From oil to coal to natural gas and now nuclear power: As one by one the use of these energy sources results in catastrophes, we keep searching for a safe alternative, but even if we champion solar, hydro, wind, ocean waves, wood, and other such renewable energy sources, our insatiable appetite for energy simply can […]

Opinion

Don’t forget to blame corrupt corporations

San Luis Obispo

by Richard Kranzdorf November 30, 2010August 31, 2022

“See that 500-pound gorilla?”—the opinion piece by Jim Duenow in the Nov. 18 Sun—is a timely reminder of a major reason for our national deficit … as far as it goes. I’d like to add an “800-pound gorilla,” and that is the rapacious corporate sector with its unending appetite for megabucks with its gazillions in […]