Don't heed fossil fools
Many tree-hugging environmentalists and politicians believe we need to totally eliminate the use of fossil fuels in about 20 years.
Before the discovery and use of fossil fuels, man walked, rode horses and used wood for many purposes. Should we outlaw the use of fossil fuels, we will no longer be able to make gasoline, diesel fuel, gasoline, jet fuel, etc., for power, but also plastics and asphalt for our highways. There are also many other uses for fossil fuels.
It is very important for our future to develop and use more renewable sources for energy such as solar, wind, ocean tides and nuclear power. Ultimately harnessing solar energy and constructing more efficient nuclear power plants will supply our ever increasing demands for energy.
Since 2005, the United States has reduced pollution while China, India, Brazil and other countries' pollution has increased. In the Paris Accord on climate change, China and India were given a pass until at least 2030.
We must strive to do everything we can to reduce air and water pollution, but we cannot be panicked and regulated by the "fossil fools" who would cause famine, poverty and global nuclear wars.
JACK McKINNEY
Hot Springs Village
So, about those goats
I read the "goat" guest column by Bruce Plopper in the March 25 paper with great interest. However, the term "goat rodeo" sounded to me exactly like something MSNBC would come up with.
Now the boys and girls I worked with were mostly Southern and we used a definitive description of something ran afoul as a "goat rope." The best way I can describe the proper usage of "goat rope" is to describe it as Congress in action: "Well, that session of Congress was a real goat rope."
Yeah, I can see the MSNBC crew trying to figure out which end of the goat to ride.
ROBERT SPENCER
North Little Rock
Parent's perspective
I'd like to thank Amanda Claire Curcio for taking the time to listen to me about what it's like as a parent with a child in the juvenile court system. When I saw my name and part of my sons experience at Alexander in the paper I was brought to tears. Hopefully our voices can help change the horrible things these children go through. Maybe the people who put children in these places will realize that these places are a major reason so many teens are committing more crimes. If we keep treating children like criminals, that's exactly what they are going to be.
TRACY REED
Newport
Editorial on 03/28/2019