By INVESTOR%26#039;S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:20 PM PT
Climate Change: Not every scientist is part of Al Gore%26#039;s mythical %26quot;consensus.%26quot; Scientists worried about a new ice age seek funding to better observe something bigger than your SUV — the sun.
Related Topics: Global Warming
Back in 1991, before Al Gore first shouted that the Earth was in the balance, the Danish Meteorological Institute released a study using data that went back centuries that showed that global temperatures closely tracked solar cycles.
To many, those data were convincing. Now, Canadian scientists are seeking additional funding for more and better %26quot;eyes%26quot; with which to observe our sun, which has a bigger impact on Earth%26#039;s climate than all the tailpipes and smokestacks on our planet combined.
And they%26#039;re worried about global cooling, not warming.
Kenneth Tapping, a solar researcher and project director for Canada%26#039;s National Research Council, is among those looking at the s
imagine that.
News article at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6290228.st...
The bottom line:
%26quot;I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”
Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut
You don%26#039;t have to be a liberal to know the truth:
%26quot;Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich challenged fellow conservatives to stop resisting scientific evidence of global warming%26quot;
%26quot;National Review (the most prestigious conservative magazine) published a cover story calling on conservatives to shake off denial and get into the climate policy debate%26quot;
%26quot;Pat Robertson (very conservative Christian leader) %26#039;It is getting hotter and the ice caps are melting and there is a build up of carbon dioxide in the air. We really need to do something on fossil fuels.”
%26quot;I believe there is now more than enough evidence of climate change to warrant an immediate and comprehensive - but considered - response. Anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial.%26quot;
Ford Motor Company CEO William Clay Ford, Jr.
%26quot;The science of global warming is clear. We know enough to act now. We must act now.%26quot;
James Rogers, CEO of Charlotte-based Duke Energy.
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