(L to R) John Grunsfeld, associate administrator at NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters and Michael Meyer, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, answer questions during a press conference where NASA announced new findings that provide the “strongest evidence yet” of salty liquid water currently existing on Mars on Sept. 28, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee, Getty Images)
Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA, said on Monday that eons ago, Mars had a massive ocean and extensive atmosphere. But climate change on Mars made it an arid, seemingly lifeless planet. Can this be Earth’s future?
Ancient Martians must have had coal-burning power plants, fossil-fuel-burning SUVs, and lots of CO2-generating activity that ultimately caused its demise. We need to take action now. The United Nations and Congress should outlaw all fossil-fuel-burning activity. All the horses being rounded up in western Colorado can be our new environmentally safe mode of transportation. Install sails on all ocean-going cargo ships to ensure trade keeps flowing between continents. Unfortunately, no more air travel, but then thatap only existed for a little over a hundred years anyway.
We need to go back to the simple life before fossil fuels to save our planet.
Ron Hoefer, Lakewood
This letter was published in the Oct. 1 edition.
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