Open letter to Scientific American

Dear Editor:

I was very happy to read the October 2012 issue without coming across a single oil company ad. I was thrilled to see the two page ad for the Chevy Volt on the front fold. Then I got to the last page--Yuck! There it was. A Chevron ad with brazen anti-scientific language claiming that gas can be safe for the environment. Please look out the window--you don't need to be a scientist to see that the climate is changing before our eyes, and science is very clear that CO2 is a major cause. You can't burn gas without causing catastrophic environmental damage.

Why do you permit such blatant distortion of the truth in Scientific American? Would you take ads from tobacco companies?

There are plenty of non-polluting companies that can make good advertisements in Scientific American. Please stop accepting ads from oil companies, unless they contain a warning that burning fossil fuels causes climate disruption (see below for an example). No more lies!

Sincerely,

Jack Lucero Fleck

 

 

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