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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
-July 1, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Henry Hurwitz
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Corporate Research and Developmnet
␈↓ ↓H␈↓General Electric Company
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Schenectady, New York

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Hurwitz:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α∂am␈α∂writing␈α∂you␈α⊂at␈α∂the␈α∂recommendation␈α∂of␈α∂Alvin␈α⊂Weinberg,␈α∂who␈α∂writes␈α∂that␈α⊂you␈α∂have
␈↓ ↓H␈↓thought␈α∂more␈α∂about␈α∂the␈α∂dangers␈α∂of␈α⊂excessively␈α∂well␈α∂insulated␈α∂houses␈α∂than␈α∂anyone␈α∂else.␈α⊂ It␈α∂has
␈↓ ↓H␈↓occurred␈α⊂to␈α⊂some␈α⊂of␈α⊂us␈α∂in␈α⊂Scientists␈α⊂and␈α⊂Engineers␈α⊂for␈α∂Secure␈α⊂Energy␈α⊂(SE2)␈α⊂that␈α⊂it␈α⊂might␈α∂be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓appropriate␈α
to␈α
demand,␈α∞by␈α
lawsuit␈α
if␈α
necessary,␈α∞the␈α
same␈α
examination␈α
of␈α∞environmental␈α
impacts
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α
impact␈α
statements␈α
for␈α∞government␈α
programs,␈α
both␈α
national␈α∞and␈α
state,␈α
that␈α
advocate␈α∞or␈α
o≥er
␈↓ ↓H␈↓incentives for insulation that are required for programs for energy production.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α
would␈α
be␈α
grateful␈α
for␈αany␈α
information␈α
you␈α
can␈α
supply␈α
or␈αpoint␈α
to␈α
that␈α
is␈α
relevant␈αto␈α
this
␈↓ ↓H␈↓question.␈α
 I␈α
must␈α
confess␈α
that␈α
for␈α∞all␈α
I␈α
know,␈α
appropriate␈α
environmental␈α
impact␈α∞statements␈α
have
␈↓ ↓H␈↓been ≡led.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: K. Cohen,F. Seitz, E. Teller, M. Todorovich, A. Weinberg