This letter (which takes Mike Castle to task) is a clarion call for a return to science education in public schools:
Congressman Michael Castle suggested ways Congress can address high gas prices. Nowhere in his op-ed article Monday was there any mention of drilling for our own oil.
He referred to the “finite supply of oil in the world.” There is no scientific basis for alleging that Earth has a finite supply of oil. There was a recent discovery in Brazil, described as perhaps bigger than what has become available through OPEC. There has been some evidence that wells that were considered depleted are now filling again.
As for Castle’s reference to renewable energy production and alternative energy research and development, we already have an established alternative – nuclear power. Countries all over the world are building or planning to build nuclear power plants. This is also being held up by the U.S. Congress.
Louis H. Rombach, Wilmington
I’m speechless.