Anna Demarinis (May 28th, "Best thing to do about global warming: Nothing") protests a proposed law to teach global warming in schools. I quote from her own letter verbatim: "Humans shouldn't want to do anything about the greenhouse effect and those who do are crazy." This kind of opinion argues for more instruction on global warming, not less.
Irrespective of Al Gore, science is not on Ms. Demarinis' side. Climate scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently reported, with 90 percent certainty, that climate change is caused by human activities. This is consistent with the current melting of glaciers and polar ice that have existed for thousands of years.
Clearly there are ways to cut back on the 20 tons of carbon dioxide emitted on average by each American.
I am not content to wait passively when there are things we can do. The real danger, however, is to pour resources into solutions that are not scientifically valid or cost effective.
Even the skeptics can find something good in developing clean, renewable energy sources. If we break our dependence on oil, our involvement in the Middle East will change dramatically.
Kenneth Watson Foxboro
Time's up for former American Idol entry
To the editor:
Re: "Our 'Idol' to be at Scooper Bowl" (May 29):
Andy Warhol once said, "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Having seen yet another article about American Idol contestant (not winner, not even top five, just contestant) Ayla Brown in The Sun Chronicle, my question is this: Aren't her 15 minutes up already?
Gerard A. Fortier
North Attleboro
Blame big oil for lack
of family visit, granny
To the editor:
If the cost of gas goes up, the cost of everything goes up. These corporate carpetbaggers are raking in trillions while we in the middle can't afford to drive, let alone anything else.
I've downsized my car, changed my driving habits and still I can't afford to fill my tank.
We've cancelled our trip to visit Grandma this summer.
How dare these robber barons be allowed to commit thievery with impunity!
We the people have had enough!
Audrey Wyatt Mansfield
In Darfur, time and lives are of the essence
To the editor:
President Bush and Secretary Rice must make engaging America's allies a top priority to ensure the passage of a strong resolution at the UN Security Council which includes:
Tough sanctions against a full list of individuals complicit in the genocide and expansion of the Darfur arms embargo to include the Sudanese regime in Khartoum; the authorization of a no-fly zone over Darfur, with specific enforcement mechanisms, and international economic sanctions mirroring those just announced by the U.S.
These U.S. sanctions will only have a chance at success if they are matched by strong multilateral sanctions as well, and those sanctions will only advance if there is U.S. leadership at the UN.
President Bush and Secretary Rice must increase their diplomatic efforts to take full advantage of any room for progress that these sanctions may create.
Although it was delayed for far too long (nearly five months), the White House's announcement of Plan B sanctions against Sudan is a step forward for the people of Darfur.
The above are very real concerns facing the people of Darfur.
If President Bush and Secretary Rice don't respond soon the people there will perish by the hands of a crazed nation.
We need to do something now before it's too late.
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