DOES Tony Taylor believe that because "over 25 per cent of carbon emissions come from ongoing underground coal fires in China which cannot be extinguished", it is acceptable for us to ignore the causes of the other nearly 75 per cent and carry on driving around in our cars as much as we like, just because we want to (Letters, October 18)?

Let's hope there aren't too many more people out there with such an irresponsible attitude towards the future of the world our children will have to live in.

Catherine Strachan,

Emily Mews,

York.

Updated: 09:15 Thursday, October 21, 2004