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- LETTERS, Page 8PLANET OF THE YEAR
-
- The toxic orange-brown horizon of Los Angeles meets me on
- my way to work almost every morning. I salute it with anger and
- sometimes tears. We all should be furious enough to take action
- over our environment's dilemma (PLANET OF THE YEAR, Jan. 2). At
- this point, every excuse takes minutes off the earth's future.
-
- Susan Prescott Levy Van Nuys, Calif.
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- Has TIME considered the human toll that could be involved
- in some of its recommendations to prevent the greenhouse effect?
- You suggest that the U.S. raise its automobile fuel-efficiency
- requirements to 45 m.p.g. by the year 2000. But a
- Brookings-Harvard study indicates that even a 27.5-m.p.g.
- standard (the current congressional goal) could result in the
- deaths of 22,000 to 39,000 auto occupants over the next decade
- as car producers shift to lighter, and therefore less
- crashworthy, vehicles.
-
- Sam Kazman, General Counsel Competitive Enterprise
- Institute Washington
-
- I hope your report will lead to the kind of presidential
- leadership we should have in order to excite public action. We
- need to live in accordance with a new conservation ethic.
-
- Jan Hartke Reston, Va.
-
- It is my experience that most people are quite willing to
- help clean up the environment provided they do not have to
- compromise their personal comfort and convenience in any way.
-
- Joan Messinger Los Angeles
-
- So you boldly picked the earth as Planet of the Year. I'll
- bet Mars is fuming.
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- John Callan Los Angeles
-
- After reading this article, a person must conclude that
- nature's one great mistake was the creation of mankind.
-
- Robert C. Koeber Albuquerque
-