Gov. Baldacci recently signed a bill passed by the Maine Legislature to deal with global warming. The state will create a plan to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions from state owned facilities and state funded programs as well as seek partnerships with at least 50 business and nonprofit organizations.

Cars and trucks with their emissions are a major source of global warming and unhealthy air for human beings.

I think it is obvious that cars and trucks have increased as development has moved from southern Maine into the interior of the state.

Auburn, as other cities, welcomes new development. Center Street is an artery of cars and trucks emitting more carbon dioxide into the air than ever before.

Development is moving into rural Rangeley and other areas. This means more cars and trucks will emit more carbon dioxide into the air than before in those areas.

The governor’s economic development plan, “The Pine Tree Zones,” will bring development to new areas of Maine. The new development will mean more cars and trucks in those areas to emit more carbon dioxide into the air.

As Maine moves forward with development, state highways are widened to accommodate more cars and trucks traveling at higher speeds thus emitting more carbon dioxide into the air than before.

I think it is sensible for Maine to aggressively seek alternative methods of transportation to reduce car and truck carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute significantly to global warming and unhealthy air.

Tom Fallon, Rumford