A Planet Gore reader gave us a heads-up on the New York Times Letters to the Editor section today. There are seven letters posted as a response to recent Times pieces on “To Drill or not to Drill.” Surpisingly, three of the seven say drill, while a fourth wants to leave the oil in Alaska as a “strategic reserve.” Not surprisingly, those who are in the don’t-drill camp express the usual anger:

Nature is saying stop, while Oil is saying go. Haven’t we learned? For so many reasons, it’s time to leave oil in the ground!

And…

Allowing offshore drilling for gas as a solution to high fuel costs, as President Bush urges Congress to do, is as sensible as growing more food in response to rising levels of obesity or robbing a bank in response to overspending one’s budget.

And…

Let’s see: our entire planet is in danger because of the burning of fossil fuels, our economy is in the tank because of the rising cost of gasoline and diesel while the oil companies are announcing the biggest profits in the history of the planet, and we are going to open the oceans, our biggest source of both oxygen and food, to further offshore drilling. What could possibly be wrong with this picture?