After the hundreds of alarmist tomes published by The Tribune this year, it was so refreshing and gratifying to read the letters from Bill Keshlear and Paul Sharp in the April 23 edition. I’m sure their observations rang true among tens of thousands who enjoy the perspective of five or six decades of life.
Here’s the thing, young folks. The sky is not falling.
Everyone used to get the measles. No vaccination required. You can get it, and get over it.
Mankind transitioned from whale oil to kerosene, and then to coal and gas-fired electric power without terror and panic. We can evolve to the next stage.
As recently as 1066, when the Normans conquered England, sea levels were higher than today. To imagine that mankind, with all its mobility and technology and ingenuity, would be unable to cope with seas rising inches every 100 years is inconsistent with our history on this planet. No existential threat.
Focus on a real problem that will rock your world, not in the coming century but in the next 10 years. Understand and take action on how undisciplined spending is ballooning our national debt. That’s a problem that will change your way of life.
Bruce Decker, Salt Lake City
