LETTERS

Re “Energy project leaves Army cold,” Oct. 30

Anyone who ever studied the basics of thermodynamics must know that separate production of heat and power is always more expensive than a combined one. Therefore the Alaska project was economically doomed from the start.

However, I would suggest that there was no fraud or a desire to enrich the company or individuals -- simply incompetence brilliantly demonstrated by all parties involved.

Edvig Gershengoren

Irvine