I'm dead serious. Anyone who's done even a few hours of research on the issue of "climate change" should come to the conclusion that proponents of the AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) or MMGW (Man Made Global Warming) theory have NOT adequately backed up their claims.
Before I'd lend my name to any foundation supporting legislation to combat "climate change" I'd like data that would confirm that the RATE of change in the Earth's climate is UNPRECEDENTED, the planet's climate has been changing throughout it's history so just saying that there is "climate change" actually doesn't mean very much.
Next, I would like to see the RAW DATA with the footnoted methodology that the CRU, GISS, and GHCN are using to base their conclusions on but no, this info is not available to the general public. If thousands of independent climate scientists had access to that data and all independently arrived at more or less the same conclusions you would have something, that would be real science, not the half-truths and junk-science people like Al Gore and other AGW proponents spew, and it's most unfortunate that Tom Brady is now in this category.
So, if one is going to advocate for a foundation that supports the AGW theory I think you had damn well do your homework before doing so. I guarantee Brady didn't do his homework on this, it sounds nice and it's what trendy celebrity types do even though the proposed legislation to combat supposed "climate change" would mean taxes so high that our economy would be on par with Mexico's and laws so onerous that almost no part of your life would not be regulated by the government, including whether you'd be legally allowed to have children.
Ever see Rocky 3? Remember when Mickey said that Rocky had fallen victim to the absolute worst thing that could happen to a fighter: he became civilized. It's pretty clear that his focus is more about being a celebrity than about being the best QB ever. I wish he'd do some thorough thinking and decide what he wants, if it's to be a celebrity then he should move to LA and do it, if he wants to be a football player then he should stop this stupid nonsense and start working his tail off to become TFB again. I guarantee you that Tebow is willing to work like there's no tomorrow to be the best he can be.
Ok, I know many on this board will want to stone me for writing this but so be it, rant mode off.
There are all kinds of raw data out there. For example, if you check out the ice core laboratory
National Ice Core Laboratory - Processes: Extraction, Transportation, Storage, Processing Ice Cores
where they store ice cores that have been drilled out, and where you can see, clearly the stratas representing layers and layers of eons, millenia, and centuries that have passed on this planet. The measurement of carbon parts per frozen atom has flunctuated throughout the milleniums as you can imagine, corresponding with the various ice ages and temperature shifts- but only in the past 200 years (as compared to millions and millions of years) has the carbon level multiplied to such an extent that it has become an anomaly when depicted on a chart.. that is, it skews the median of the data.. much as if you were to put an 100 year old teacher in a kindergarten class, and then took the age of everyone and tried to average it out- it would still not make sense.
But let me ask you this- even if Global Warming was fiction, (let's assume that) you still have to consider that the current mode of fueling, by fossil means, makes absolutely no economic sense, because for the most part (and a very large part) it comes from a very unstable region that is halfway around the globe, and mostly from the same country that has supplied the most terrorists. If you are going to tell me that all the money we pour into that country, Saudi Arabia, for all that oil, not one terrorist gets a cent of that, I have beachfront property in Arizona to sell you.
Moreover, this is a means that is very fragile and has the potential to stop this country dead in its tracks, as the 1973 oil crisis demonstrated so clearly (it brought this country down to its knees) when the Arab countries imposed an oil embargo on the US for supplying the Israeli military during the Yom Kippur war.
Now if we were to turn to alternate sources of energy, we would not be exporting so much cash (for oil), but instead be investing it right in our own country, and instead of having such a centralized (and monopolized) source for all of our energy, we would all be much more independent. Imagine solar power on just 50% of the roofs in America, a smart house, and a green house at that- you would say goodbye to power outages, brownouts, blackouts, or utility bills.
It is not just the climate repercussions, but so many other areas, economy, health, science, and innovation that are being affected by this.
Oil was once good. It helped us win the second world war, but we have now severely outgrown it.
And as for Tom Brady- he has won 3 out of 4 superbowls and will win at least one more before he is done. He has deserved the right to do as he pleases. You are correct in saying Tebow is working his tail off as if there is no tomorrow, and that's because he is unproven.
