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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.
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.
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