To the editor: Neither the Dodgers nor the Giants are advocating for petroleum over clear power (“What do the Dodgers and Giants have in common? An iconic ad — for Big Oil,” Could 29). They’re each offering paid advert companies for rivals within the petroleum merchandise trade, which might be with us till we’re in a position to substitute all fossil fuels with 100% clear power sources.
The clear power trigger is completely essential to our future. We’re getting there fairly rapidly, however within the meantime, rivals gonna compete, they usually’re going to make use of adverts to take action. Promoting for anyone or all of them is neither a sin nor against the law, nor even naughty. It’s merely competitors, and none of it ought to be held as in the slightest degree despicable so long as the financial system continues to require some fossil fuels.
In any case, would you inform individuals who would freeze to dying in the event that they didn’t burn coal that they had been doing one thing immoral, unethical and even illogical, if that was all they’d to warmth their house?
Mark Driskill, Lengthy Seaside
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To the editor: I recognize columnist Sammy Roth’s spirited commentaries about Large Oil promoting at sporting occasions. Nevertheless, if ever there was a tempest in a teapot, it’s this problem. I can’t recall anybody ever saying, “Wow! I noticed the 76 advert at Dodger Stadium. I’m shopping for extra gasoline!” To be truthful, I’ve been going to Dodger Stadium for greater than 50 years and I couldn’t inform you who else has an advert. I’m typically watching the sport.
Jeffrey R. Knott, Fullerton
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To the editor: Within the latest Boiling Level, the shot taken at Phillips 66 is open for debate. One a part of the article conveys disappointment from native Dodger followers that the long-lasting 76 brand will now additionally adorn the outfield of the rival San Francisco Giants (significantly, who cares?). Others are asking to take down the emblem in each stadiums due to its affiliation with the fossil gasoline trade.
The common reader, I consider, can see either side, though most often reluctantly. However right here’s a 3rd subject of debate to contemplate. Once you go searching stunning Dodger Stadium — be it the bull pens, the scoreboards or alongside the foul strains — what do you see? Large four-color ads for alcoholic drinks that, when closely consumed, could cause distraction and security issues for followers and households simply eager to get pleasure from an evening out on the stadium. Heavy consumption of those merchandise, and the aforementioned promotion of alcohol on this surroundings, by no means results in something good. Fan arguments and fights within the stands or, even worse, malicious assaults within the car parking zone after the sport. Sure, they’re completely different subjects, nevertheless it’s one thing to consider.
Richard Whorton, Studio Metropolis
