The Green Revolution

Lexington, Massachusetts

Only in America do we somehow manage to get things backward. Organic foods are more expensive than fast food. Hybrid cars cost more than their gas-guzzling cousins. A house built with environmentally friendly material and solar panels would break the bank for an average family. That which is supposed to help us save the environment costs more than our current planet-destroying ways. Shouldn't the opposite be true? Maybe the reason we're not all onboard with protecting our future is that while we may not speak of a recession, we are all counting our pennies.

Cynthia Drenckhahn

North Bellmore, New York

I was disappointed not to read of any realistic, economic solutions to reduce greenhouse gases significantly. Why not hybrid cars powered by hydrogen-fueled engines with a plug into our homes and offices to charge the battery? To generate electricity to produce hydrogen, why not use nuclear power? Unfortunately, the best noncarbon electricity source--hydropower--is already developed to its max. Wind power is helpful but expensive and unreliable. Solar power is good for heating water and swimming pools. Western Europe safely uses nuclear power, and Finland, Japan and China are building new plants. If mining accidents and air-pollution health effects are considered, nuclear power is safer than coal. There are plenty of remote places to store the spent fuel safely and environmentally. Hydrogen, electricity and nuclear power are truly "green."

David Serell