Letters to the editor are a sure bet any time we publish a story about the  state of global warming our planet may or may not be experiencing.
    Letter writers go back and forth on the issue for weeks after the story is published, which is a good thing.
    The Post has five sister papers that time to time publish stories related to global warming, but don’t seem to get the response Post readers offer up. We wonder why that is?
    It’s important to look at both sides of the global warming issue but the trend seems to lean toward the belief that we are in such a state. When we’re contacted about a potential story pertaining to this issue the majority of the time it’s from those people on what we’ll call the ‘believing’ side.
    No one ever calls to say, ‘Hey, I’m working on this project that aims to examine both sides of the global warming issue.’
    This is where our letters writers come in. Fortunately we have a passionate readership who are quick to offer their thoughts on both sides of the subject.
    It’s important to represent the ‘non-believing’ side of the issue because both sides, really, can be difficult to understand. Each has good points with gobs of research to back them up, but chances are the average person isn’t going to wade through that information.
    We thank our letter writers for presenting a deeper look at the issue and fostering conversation through our editorial pages.