Regarding the article on glaciers and “global warming” (“Drip, Drip, Drip,” Nov. 27), I always find it interesting reading about both sides of this issue. I strongly believe the human race has very little to do with our Earth’s global climate.
I become cynical and complacent when I hear the whining of the liberal left to save the planet while doing things as a part of their lifestyles that would cause global warming based on their own rhetoric. Case in point: Hollywood. How much carbon dioxide and other damaging gases are released into the atmosphere by the countless special effects that involve explosions? The very people who scream that I should buy a smaller hybrid automobile are, in fact, causing “global warming” themselves.
Also, is there a program instituted by the environmentalists to replace trees taken down either through deforestation or land development? It can be calculated how much carbon dioxide is put into the atmosphere a year and how much any given species of tree or plant can absorb. So one could conclude that planting a certain number of trees or plants per year can offset the carbon dioxide we put into the atmosphere. Sorry to say, no environmentalist is moving in this direction. They all simply want us to move back toward the Stone Age where the automobile would be eliminated, i.e. Al Gore’s book, “Earth in the Balance.”
RUSSELL EDWARDS / Lyons
A dad-daughter rivalry
Your article on Christie Hefner (“Adventures in the skin trade,” Oct. 16) no doubt has given you abundant feedback to consider. Here’s my take on Hefner’s achievement:
I don’t see this as anything more than what many sons are compelled to do–achieve way beyond their fathers in related or identical areas of vocation, avocation or focus. Hugh Hefner’s daughter has bested him.
She is influential, using tools at her disposal, to create wealth and make more of it. But at what cost? Peddling porn! A huge cost.
MARIE SHEETS / Boyne City, Mich.
Good routine
I have had the article Desiree Chen wrote about Harvey Walter (“For the Better”) on my refrigerator since it appeared last July 17. His dedication to creating homemade meals despite great physical struggles touched a chord in me. I had been complaining about the “chores” of meal planning and cooking ’til even I tired of hearing myself. Reading about Walter inspired me to re-evaluate these daily tasks, to try to see my luck at being able to afford, shop for and prepare food as good fortune, and to view the meals I prepare as expressions of thanks.
SUZANNE NEUMANN / Libertyville
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