May I offer my solution to the problem of the dangerously depleting ozone layer.

All chlorofluorocarbons (C.F.C.‘s) should be internationally banned. Then, to repair the ozone layer, implement the following method:

First, manufacture liquid ozone (L.O.Z.). Then, load the L.O.Z. aboard large military refueling tanker aircraft.

These planes would then climb to the lower level of the ozone layer at forty thousand feet. As they spray the L.O.Z., the strong upper jet stream winds will carry the ozone even higher into the ozone layer.

The ozone layer could be maintained at its normal level after the initial restoration project by a minimal number of annual flights.

However, I estimate the initial ozone restoration will take from one to five years and cost between fifty and seventy million dollars.

Since this is a global crisis, cost should be shared by the members of the United Nations.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson deserves everyone’s support for his commitment to saving the environment. Let’s all get behind him.

I urge everyone to clip out this letter and send copies to scientists, environmental groups, the E.P.A., U.N.E.S.C.O., their congressmen and senators, and to President Bush.

Leonard DeFazio, Jr.

New York resident