Regarding the letter “John Kerry’s climate hypocrisy” (June 17, TribLIVE): I, too, want our leaders, such as Kerry, President Biden and Donald Trump, to be responsible and create a green economy; words are not enough. No one is above the law, even the laws of common sense.
But, to be fair, Kerry takes jets because he cannot walk or swim to meetings to discuss energy with the world’s leaders. Sure, his jet releases carbon, which is bad. But we don’t complain about fire trucks burning gas on the way to a fire, even though the fires are more intense and frequent because of the very products of burning gas, namely CO2, which acts like a blanket warming our Earth.
Let’s wish him great success because we are seeing natural systems unravel, and it’s not pretty. The time for “talk” is over.
But it shouldn’t be only a few leaders, like Kerry. It should be all of us, as caretakers of our children’s future. It takes honesty and engagement at the voting booth, so we find leaders who care most about the science and about your child’s future.
Jan Freed
Los Angeles