ELECTRICITY
Technology can lower risk of terrorist attacks
In reference to the article, “Attack on transformers prompts worries for grid,” News, Feb. 9), the grid is not only antiquated and inefficient, but it is open to attacks by terrorists. To avoid the threat of attacks on the electrical infrastructure, we should rapidly move to modern-day fuel cells. They could be installed in homes, businesses and industries. They are environmentally friendly, efficient and could practically eliminate the need for an electrical grid and free us from dependency on fossil fuels. We should follow technology leaders such as eBay, which installed a six-megawatt fuel cell system at its data center in Utah. The company does not receive electrical power from the grid. Its fuel cell system also drastically lowered carbon emissions. So why does the U.S. Energy Department not lead in that direction? Because giving up the grid gives up the ability of the government to control your electrical energy consumption.
WALT FARMER, MCDONOUGH
GUN CONTROL
Push for more guns reflects interesting worldview
I haven’t felt the need to arm myself since June 1970, when I returned home after serving a year in Vietnam as an infantryman. Yet some of my fellow Georgians feel the need to carry a gun to church. Exactly what kind of world do they think they live in?
ALFRED ANDREW, Dunwoody
TABERNACLE FIRE
Fire, security officials deserve praise for evacuation
My 15-year-old daughter attended the “Panic! At the Disco” concert at the Tabernacle Friday night. Thanks to the diligence of the fire marshal and the professionalism of the security staff, the evacuation happened in a timely and safe manner. When my daughter called a full hour before the anticipated end of the concert, she was standing across the street from the venue with her group of friends. Her tone of voice was upbeat and she was not afraid, therefore I was not panicked. I believe the fire marshal and security staff should receive public recognition from the mayor’s office for a job well done. They serve as a shining example of how to avoid a crisis.
DORIE L. GRIGGS, ROSWELL
SUPER BOWL ADS
States must push to make English official U.S. tongue
The Coke Super Bowl commercial in all those languages was an absolute un-American outrage. I have purchased my last Coke product. Since the country’s founding, English has been the language of America. There is a nullification movement to reassert states rights. I urge individual states to make English the official language of America and dare the federal government to try to stop them. The American people overwhelmingly favor having English as America’s official language.
KEITH WATKINS, BROOKHAVEN
