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I think we easily have the capability of coming up with solutions and there probably already are some, I just have a hard time seeing where you can make money doing it though. I kind of like the idea of a carbon tax, which is paid in credits to people who engineer ways to manage the chemistry of the atmosphere. I feel like NATO/EU countries could hopefully concoct an agreement to pool funds as well.

I never said fuck it. I liked your angle of going to people and asking about clean water, for example. I’m a huge supporter of clean water and just getting water to people who otherwise don’t have the means. I don’t have a lot of money, but I give what I can within reason to multiple charities and causes that I just kind of rotate through every month. Many of those are environment-minded. As individuals, we have to make a difference in our own lives before we can start demanding mass change in industry, and then expecting it to change overnight just isn’t practical. It is an important issue. If it was possible to snap my fingers, Thanks-style, and change all industry to near zero emissions I would and o think 99% of these companies would too. Unfortunately, we have to understand that (depending on the business / industry) its a serious financial and time commitment to completely change how they do things to capture that created carbon. It’s easy for me to sit here and yell at them to do it but change usually doesn’t happen like that. We need more and faster innovation and as individuals we need to take responsibility. After that industry has no choice but to comply and it will be a lot easier easier to pull off financially as well.

32t. Joe Theismann (Washington Redskins 1974-1985) 2nd Place Redskins QB Career Record 82-50-0 (62.12%) 19th out of 102 Record in Games with Good Defense 63-20-0 (75.90%) 57th out of 102 Record in Games with Bad Defense 19-30-0 (38.78%) 11th out of 102 Percentage of Games with Good Defense 83/132 (62.88%) 13th out of 102 (-19) Wins above Average in a 16 Game Season (1.056) And here's the second player to be ranked 32nd, Joe Theismann. Yeah, another hog. This was really uncanny, it basically meant coach Joe Gibbs didn't have any drop off or improvement between Theismann and Schroeder once the swap happened. In any case, Joe Theismann is probably most famous for two things. The first being changing the pronunciation of his name so that it'd rhyme with Heisman (so he could eventually win the trophy), and the second being Lawrence Taylor breaking his leg like a kit-kat bar. We'll get to that one later. As I mentioned, Theismann won the Heisman, and was drafted by the Dolphins in the third round, even though they already had a QB in place. Negotations between Theismann's camp and the Dolphins broke down, and he ended up in the CFL, playing for the Argonauts for three seasons before getting a chance to step on an NFL field. The Redskins acquired his rights from the Dolphins, and Theismann came back to the NFL, though he didn't get to start a game until 1976, and didn't take the starting role from Billy Kilmer until 1978. So Theismann basically avoided most of the dead ball era, but still got plenty of experience in other leagues, as well as a few starts in relief of Kilmer. His first year starting was rough, as they lost their last 5 games of the season to miss the playoffs after a 8-3 start. Theismann would ease into the starting role in 1979, throwing for more TD's than INT's for the first time in his career, throwing for 20 TD's, and leading the Redskins to a 10-6 record, just narrowly missing the playoffs because of a loss to the Cowboys in the final week of the season where they came back from a 34-21 deficit. 1980 would mark another losing season for the Redskins, as well as the firing of coach Jack Pardee. This would mark a turning point in the 32 year old's career, as they brought in Coach Joe Gibbs. The beginning was rough, as the Redskins started 1981 with a 1-6 record. However Theismann and the rest of the Skins got acclimated to the coaching style, and finished the season 8-8. Then came the strike shortened season of 1982, where the Redskins blitzed through the competition and finished with an 8-1 record, good for the first seed that year. Which meant they still had to play four post season games because they let 16 teams into the dance that year. The Redskins killed the Lions 31-7, ran a train on the Vikings 21-7, and then faced the Cowboys in the conference championship. They bullied them with John Riggins and took QB Danny White out of the game which made it an easy 31-17 for them. They found themselves in the super bowl against the Miami Dolphins, and once again relied on Riggins running the ball to eventually wear down the Dolphins defense and take the game over in the fourth quarter. Theismann and the Redskins only got better in 1983, as he was voted league MVP for his performance in taking the Redskins to a 14-2 record, completing 60% of his passes for 3700 yards, 29 TD's and 11 INT's. The Skins had the best offense in the league and forced an utterly insane 61 turnovers. The Redskins cruised through the Rams in the divisional round, winning 51-7, and then the Skins held off a furious Joe Montana comeback in the conference championship to win 24-21. However, they faced the Raiders in the Super Bowl and for whatever reason everything that could go wrong for them went wrong. Theismann gave the ball up three times, including a pick 6, the special teams gave up a fumble in the end zone, and Marcus Allen ran all over the Redskins defense in a 38-9 loss. Theismann would again lead the Redskins to a winning season in 1984, but their playoff run was cut early when the Chicago Bears bullied them in the divisional round. 1985 would be Theismann's last season, and he was slowing down dramatically, taking a lot of unnecessary sacks throughout the past couple of seasons. The one that ended his career wasn't unnecessary, it wasn't even preventable. Lawrence Taylor came down on him, coming off the edge, and broke him. Yes he was 36 at the time, but that kind of injury would end anyone's career. It's unlikely you'd ever come back the same from a fracture like that. The Redskins had always had good defenses under Joe Gibbs, and Theismann is one of the great beneficiaries of that defense. In addition to that, he had the workhorse in John Riggins to handoff to, and he would often do that 25-35 times a game. We saw how well that worked for Troy Aikman, and it also worked for Joe Theismann. However, what separates the two is how Theismann operated in high scoring games. Joe was calm and composed in the pocket, and like hanging onto the ball as long as he could to give his receivers just a little extra time to get open and get deep. His record with bad defenses is very nearly in the top 10 out of every QB in the study, which is pretty high praise. He was, however just league average in games where his defense played well, and that's why he isn't higher on the list. He had a very topsy turvy career, but he'll be remembered as one of the greatest Redskins to ever play, unlike the guy he's tied with.