Sunday 11 March 2012

Video blog : An inconvenient truth!

The documentary "An inconvenient truth" provides a wonderful insight into what the impact of global warming and climate change has on our earth.  The earth that we humans occupy has been around for hundreds of millions of years, which is reason enough for many to believe that it will last for many more hundreds and millions of years.  Because the earth is so vast and enormous many believe that the things we do, do not have a impact on the wellbeing of our planet, but this documentary brings to light that the actions of our humanity and what we do everyday has a very real affect on the world as we know it.

presented by Al Gore the documentary gives insight on the effects of increasing pollution, green house gases and global warming.  he brings to light that the atmosphere is so thin that we are able to change it composition, and we have been allowing the atmosphere to thicken due to the pollution caused by carbon emissions.  Carbon emissions is increasing at a alarming rate all over the world, and we need to investigate a way to reduce this rate.

Furthermore Al Gore continues to speak about the irreparable damage that has been inflicted upon the earth through the choices and decisions that humanity make as a collective.  Temperatures continue to sky rocket, which in turn diminishes the thickness of the ice caps.  this leads to the extinction of certain species that rely on those ice caps or any species lost due to the bleaching of coral reefs.

More and more people are becoming increasing aware of what the effect of global warming can have on our planet, and many people and countries are taking the initiative to combat pollution and emissions.  one such country is China who is producing higher milage cars that meet new environmental standards.  this is a huge step and such actions have ditto effects on others, such as America, who are also aiming to take this step, since they are one of the largest emitters of carbon emission.

This documentary has enlightened me about the terrible effects of pollution and carbon emissions,  it hight lights that global warming can have an damaging impact on the planet, the animals, plants , environments and the people who inhabit it.  if we do not change our attitudes to global warming now, our days will soon be numbered    

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