Inconvenient Truth

Inconvenient Truth is a documentary that is trying to show that Global Warming is in fact real, and if we do not do something about it; the consequences will be dire. I thought the documentary had some good points and a few bad points, first I will mention the good points. One simulation that really caught my attention was when they discussed how if the polar ice caps melted the water level of the oceans would raise twenty feet. This would result in many coastal places around the world to be completely flooded. The Netherlands would almost be totally under water, as well as Manhattan, Beijing, San Fransisco and Shanghai. Another point they made was about population growth and how the world has doubled in population in the last fifty years. Not just that, but the world is going to double again in the next fifty years. That amount of people could present a major problem for our world as there are only so many resources to sustain them. This will also dramatically increase the effects of Global Warming.

There were a few things that I did not like about the documentary. Al Gore did not just talk about Global Warming but also brought stories about how his son almost died at the age of six, and how his sister died from lung cancer. I do not see how these pertain to the documentary and it seems that he is just trying to get people to listen because of pity. The second point is that I thought there was not enough evidence shown to back up all of his accusations. He showed many graphs of what was happening, but he did not give very much information on how it was happening.

Overall the documentary was fairly well made and brings up several good points on why Global Warming is real. In the end, I think that Global Warming is a serious issue and we have to do something about it. However, I would not go as far as to say I am as worried as Al Gore is about it. Some damage has been done, but nothing has happened that will totally destroy the world. Our problems are fixable, and it does not need to happen tomorrow, even though Al Gore would say it does. Even if we believed it would happen tomorrow, there is no way it would. Our society lives a certain way and it is going to be very difficult to change that mind set.