We don't have the space to print letters to the editor from out of state (unless they're commenting on something from our paper that the writers read online). Once in a while, I get one I'd like to run, however, such as this one from J. Andrew Smith of Bloomfield, N.J.:
Some ideas on global warming:
1. Solve flooding issues too: create pipelines from rivers that flood all the time out to the deserts to irrigate them so we can grow plants for ethanol/oil: sugar cane, corn, and even industrial hemp -- but keep some desert land for solar panels.
2. Solve obesity and poverty issues too: create public gyms with treadmills hooked up to turbines, sell the electricity to utilities, and give people tax credits.
3. Smoking is at an all-time low -- replace half the tobacco crop with ethanol/oil plants.
Now that's some creative thinking. The only thing he left out was gerbils on exercise wheels connected to windmills as a backup, but maybe he's a member of PETA.
