I cant believe we let Al Gore lecture us on science. Where did Als degree in science come from? He doesnt have one. But he is a politician a liberal politician a liberal politician with an agenda.
An Inconvenient What?
The problem with liberal politicians with an agenda is that when they offer us hype on an issue such as Global Warming, you can bet it will be distorted and incorrect enough to promote their agenda. To begin with, Al Gore has promoted his pasted together, documentary movie as a "Truth". And yet Global warming is no more than a theory. If you look up the word 'theory' you will find. "In common usage, the word theory is often used to signify a conjecture, an opinion, a speculation, or a hypothesis. In this usage, a theory is not necessarily based on facts." Further, the entire premise of anthropogenic (human caused) Global Warming is no more than a hypothesis. In both cases they are as yet "unproven". That does not make it a Truth.
Another problem with liberal politicians is that they worship power. They crave power more than anything else, it is what drives them. Once they have some power they attempt to further enhance their power by legislating taxes and laws that further restrict your freedoms, tell you how to run your life, and try to totally control your life through government. The more they control your life through government and taxation, the more power they derive in the process.
I remember years ago, after reading a book that I fell for hook line and sinker, talking to an elder, wiser friend of mine who asked me a question that made me think. He asked, "If you were writing a book that you want to seem believable, wouldn't you put forth the most compelling arguments you could find to get the largest number of people to buy the book?" He further went on to say that, "Even if your claims may seem outlandish, sometimes the more outlandish they are, the more compelling they are, the more people will buy the book, the more money you will make".
This follows another axiom I have come to embrace and that is that when you want to find the underlying motivation for anything, 'Follow The Money'. In other words, who stands to make money from this and How?
Follow The Money
Which brings us back to Al Bore and his Inconvenient Farce? To begin with how did he get the researchers and scientists to corroborate his claims? They received money for their time. Further, if their claims become more popular to the point that legislation is created to research the claims, they stand to get more money in the form of grants and research money. Millions of dollars are being doled out from the government coffers to research this whole issue of supposed anthropogenic climate change. And if you are a scientist or researcher on the other side of the of the issue and in disagreement with the idea that man is the evil cause of rising temperatures, how much of that money do you think you will get?
So it pays to be on the right side (or in this case "left side") of the global warming issue. The more you claim you have evidence proves man made climate change, the more money you stand to get from the government to do further research and propagate your ideas.
About the only facts that were even close to the truth in Al Gore propaganda movie were that we have experienced a slight upturn in global temperature since the 1950's. Also, polar ice caps and glacial ice do seem to be retreating. But this is something that has been going on for years before man could have an influence. In fact when you look at a graph of earth temperatures from the 1800's and compare it to a graph from more modern times, they look nearly identical. This has happened before. See See Climate Skeptic.com.
Carbon Dioxide is A Good Thing
Evidence that was and is readily available to but ignored by the science authorities presented in Al Gores movie shows that carbon dioxide is a result of temperature rise that occurs naturally, it is not the cause. It is the rise in temperature that causes the earth to create more carbon dioxide on its own. And as far as mans contribution to the carbon dioxide goes, it represents less than 1% of the carbon dioxide created each year by earth processes. Carbon Dioxide is actually a good thing. It is a requirement for life to exist on earth. It promotes plant growth, helps farmers realize greater yields in their crops and causes forests to grow faster.
Further, the more recent evidence and research is indicating that Global Warming is currently reversing. Scientists are now saying that they are expecting a period of global cooling. In fact, we have been experiencing cooler temperature on earth since 2002. You can read more on this in our article Is Global Warming Over?
Perhaps what is most important here is that one needs to be very careful before blindly adopting a popular point of view on a concept that is not proven, just because a semi popular politician has a movie that captured a wide audience. Also keep in mind that Al Gore has made millions of dollars from his movie and subsequent Nobel Prize.
Show Us The Way Al
This is a man who is one the worst offenders to whole living "Green" concept. His personal electricity usage is one of the highest in his state for a residential property. His home uses more electricity that about 25 normal residences. Further, when he travels, he does so on a Private Jet. Just one trip on this jet that took him across country, spewed as much carbon dioxide (the element now being claimed to be the worst "greenhouse gas") and ozone pollutants, as average automobile does in one year.
This is a man who in no way practices what he preaches. He spews the talk, but certainly does not 'walk the walk'. It's too inconvenient for him so he leaves that for the 'commons' like you and me.
If you want to believe that we can reduce the effect of Global Warming by driving smaller cars, driving less, living in a smaller home, using less toilet paper, using no toilet paper, and buying local foods, then by all means, you should do it. I, in many ways, try to do my part by recycling, reusing as much as I can and trying to reduce my electricity use in logical ways. But I refuse to spend more money to do it. Why should I listen to the "Hollywood Elite" (of which Al Gore is now a card carrying member") who travel the world in limousines and private jets, producing more greenhouse gases then I ever will, who are preaching the evils of living a modern, technologically enhanced life? Why should I listen to politicians who live in huge, energy inefficient homes, fly in private jets, drive in motorcades and in general produce a "carbon footprint" 1000 times larger than mine ever will be? I mean, compare a motorcade to your normal commute to work.
In the immortal words of "The Outlaw Josie Wales", "Don't piss down my neck and tell me it's raining". Global Warming is a natural earth cycle that will continue long after we are gone. It is ultimately up to us to "Adapt Or Die". What have they called that in the past? Oh yeah - "Evolution".By: Greg HenssArticle Directory: http://www.articledashboard.comGreg Henss is a successful Real Estate investor who is concerned about our environment but worried that the government is blindly taking us down a path to economic ruin with carbon dioxide regulation. He is a frequent contributor to several blogs including Global Warming Fact Finder and writes articles for the www.GlobalWarmingFactFinder.com
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