I was surprised by the strident tone of the June 8 editorial which discussed the president’s recently announced goal to cut carbon pollution from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Described as being based on an “onerous policy aimed to please one special interest,” the editorial suggested that this 25-year goal would “devastate our economy” and unless we’re ready to “take society back to the Stone Age,” we must accept the fact that something has to be burned to create power for electricity and vehicles. Given this language, one would think that it is a radical proposal with impossible goals.