Re: Ann Levin’s Feb. 12 letter, “Cartoon shows scary future,� referring to a Feb. 5 Steve Greenberg cartoon:
The cartoon showed completely blank land adjacent to the oil rigs. A balanced picture would have shown the thousands of automobiles, homes and industries on the land. This is where the oil is used.
Fuels made from petroleum provide power for automobiles, airplanes, factories, farm equipment, trucks, trains and ships. Petroleum fuels also generate heat and electricity for many houses and business places. Altogether, petroleum provides nearly half the energy used in the world.
In addition to fuels, thousands of other products are made from petroleum. These products range from paving materials to drip-dry fabrics and from engine grease to cosmetics. Petroleum is used to make such items in the home as aspirin, carpets, curtains, detergents, phonograph records, plastic toys and toothpaste.
I would like to suggest that Ms. Levin and others who dislike oil drilling give up using all of the products provided by petroleum production. Are they willing?
— Edele Johnstone, Ventura
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