Monday, November 26, 2012

An InconvenientTruth

Well Hello again. It has been awhile. When I saw the documentary An Inconvenient Truth I was pretty convinced. He was preaching to an already convinced crowd in my opinion however. I agreed with almost all the facts and think that action needs to be done to combat global climate change. And although it is inconvenient and expensive, you know what is also inconvenient and expensive? Death from inhospitable living conditions. The only problem I had with this documentary was that the personal story along with the power point presentation. I find the side story, although interesting, very distracting to the overall goal of the movie. I think the main point of the movie was to inform the world of the problem of global climate change. A strong case could be made that this was made to make him more of a down to earth guy but I don't think that is the sole purpose. The stress and passion put into the presentation conveys this down to earth guy but that isn't the central point. He makes a very persuasive argument to try and stop global warming due to the fact that we are causing it.....and we are one of the main contributors....and we have solutions we can be investing in and using. Like solar power. Or hydro-power. Or nuclear energy. Or bio-fuels. Or wind energy. Or clean coal. These are all solutions that are changes that logistically can be made and could reduce our CO2 emissions to a more manageable situation to combat global climate change.

2 comments:

  1. I feel that he provided the segments of the film about his personal life to give the viewer a better understanding of him. This makes the point he's trying to make more convincing since we now have a sense of who he really is.

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  2. I think, ultimately, that the necessity of Gore's personal narrative lies in your opinions going into the film. Those who are already convinced of the facts of global warming want to hear more about what we can do, while those who are hostile/neutral to the issue need more connection to the speaker to evaluate his message.

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