New Doomsday Clock

In response to “Cafe Installs Doomsday Clock,” Jan. 31:

One would have to be living an ostrich-like existence to be unaware of the escalating devastation to the world environment. I, for one, do not think that we need the lavishly ridiculous assistance of the owner of a trendy West Hollywood eatery to remind us that our planet is headed for imminent rack and ruin.

It seems to me that people are more environmentally aware than they are given credit for and are in fact diligently striving to clean up the planet.

The $75,000 Peter Morton lavished on a sign that is, by all accounts, virtually unreadable, would certainly have fed a lot of hungry and homeless people. But then that story would not have made the papers.

BETTE AMSLER

Beverly Hills