To:    letters@nytimes.com
Re:    The truth is that oil is a stolen good
Date: Tuesday 25 April 06

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
The truth - notwithstanding that it is not what your readers want to hear - is that oil is a stolen good and that those squandering it and profiting from its use are, i.e. will be seen in the eyes of coming generations as, behaving criminally.
 
Unfortunately, there is no power on Earth to stop you committing this terrible crime - other than your own consciences.
 
When will Americans recognise what they are doing (with the rest of the world more-or-less following suit) and stop plundering our beautiful, but finite and vulnerable planet?
 
Or do you really want to be the first generation, cursed by your own children and grandchildren?