Al Gore on Environment

Postrel’s attack on Al Gore’s call to protect and save the environment in order to save our society neglected to mention one key point--he’s right.

We’re running out of time. The ozone layer over North America is thinning at an alarming rate. In the Third World, people who have run out of resources are strip-mining the only resources they have left--their forests. When those are gone there will be even more desperately needy people and no resources.

We have to act now to create a balance between man and nature that can be perpetuated to provide for not just our immediate needs, but also for the needs of our children and grandchildren.

CURTIS HANNUM

Los Angeles