The Issue of Global Warming- a Critique on the Movies "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Great Global Warming Swindle"
As taught in our primary school, “Global Warming refers to the increase the temperature of the earth due to the absorption of infrared rays of sun by the greenhouse gases — Carbon dioxide being the major one.”
After watching the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, I began to realize what we humans have been doing to our home planet. It forces one to think that humans are the major cause of this hazard. It encourages one to believe the fact that there are ways in which we can reduce the effects of global warming. On the other hand, the movie “The Great Global Warming Swindle” has forced me into thinking if global warming is an issue so large or not. It suggests that political factors and funding drive the scientific opinion on climate change. My understanding of global warming as a man-made threat has changed completely after watching this film.
An Inconvenient Truth depicts Al Gore’s efforts in raising awareness about the severity of the climate crisis in public. The movie is based on the presentation given by Al Gore at different places, which is embedded with lots of data, detailed graphs, flow charts and eye-catching visuals which reveal frightening trends. It also includes pictures of the devastation of earth due to global warming — disappearing glaciers around the world, dying polar bears, disappearing coral reefs, destruction due to Hurricane, collapsing ice shelves, disappearing green patches of forests due to rise in the number of beetles (which were not a problem when the temperature was low), data on the stunning number of storms, floods, and other kinds of extreme weather, animations of the effects of rising sea levels, and various new diseases. Short segments offer brief historical flashes that reveal Gore's personal dedication. At one instance, he is on a nuclear submarine in the Antarctic, where he is recalling the 2000 election and his sister's death from lung cancer. These deviations always link back into the film's argument of being a political
After watching the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, I began to realize what we humans have been doing to our home planet. It forces one to think that humans are the major cause of this hazard. It encourages one to believe the fact that there are ways in which we can reduce the effects of global warming. On the other hand, the movie “The Great Global Warming Swindle” has forced me into thinking if global warming is an issue so large or not. It suggests that political factors and funding drive the scientific opinion on climate change. My understanding of global warming as a man-made threat has changed completely after watching this film.
An Inconvenient Truth depicts Al Gore’s efforts in raising awareness about the severity of the climate crisis in public. The movie is based on the presentation given by Al Gore at different places, which is embedded with lots of data, detailed graphs, flow charts and eye-catching visuals which reveal frightening trends. It also includes pictures of the devastation of earth due to global warming — disappearing glaciers around the world, dying polar bears, disappearing coral reefs, destruction due to Hurricane, collapsing ice shelves, disappearing green patches of forests due to rise in the number of beetles (which were not a problem when the temperature was low), data on the stunning number of storms, floods, and other kinds of extreme weather, animations of the effects of rising sea levels, and various new diseases. Short segments offer brief historical flashes that reveal Gore's personal dedication. At one instance, he is on a nuclear submarine in the Antarctic, where he is recalling the 2000 election and his sister's death from lung cancer. These deviations always link back into the film's argument of being a political