From its very source at the oil wells, to refineries, to automobile emissions, gasoline is a major contributor to climate change.

The internal combustion engine has been powering automobiles for over 120 years. We now have new and much-improved technology which would greatly reduce the pollution caused by this old mechanism.

The auto industry retooled, almost overnight, at the onset of World War II in order to manufacture tanks and military vehicles. It was a dire emergency, and our very lives and way of life was at stake.

This is the time for auto plants to be retooled for producing electric cars, because our very lives and way of life are, again, at stake.

RUTH LINDEMANN

Seaside