Extend clean fuels initiative In response to the Jan. 3 editorial recommending a sunset for Oregon’s clean fuels initiative, I offer a different perspective. There is no doubt at all that the world is warming. Among other things, a warmer world means faster evaporation of water from the Earth’s surface. If that surface is land, the evaporation causes drought and creates conditions for wild fires. If the surface is water, faster evaporation puts energy into the atmosphere that is then released as downpours, tornadoes, hurricanes and “superstorms” such as Sandy. Americans and our governments seem willing to pony up the …