.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Paul Gessing, director of the Rio Grande Foundation, wrote (Journal July 21) about the need to continue using oil and gas without once acknowledging climate change and its effects. No mention of heat domes, wildfires across the entire western United States or a “drought” that has been running since the late 1990s and is now considered by experts to be the “new normal” for the foreseeable future. Gessing also managed to write an op-ed that was almost completely devoid of facts. He claims “most Americans” rely on natural gas. This is wrong: 60% of Americans use electric stoves, and those stoves are generally cheaper than gas stoves.