An Inconvenient Truth
This paper is written as a post reflection on the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. This documentary has won an academy award, and has been scrutinized by political, scientific and academic institutions for its controversial subject. Presented by Al Gore, the previous vice president and candidate for president, its powerful message is magnified through the powerful tactics of politics. The film raised many good points, and contained much interesting data. Below is an overview and analysis of each of the four points which made the most impression on me.
1.) Measurement of Ice Cores
The demonstration of the arctic drilling for ice cores and the ability to measure both the average temperature for the year and the carbon levels by measuring the hydrogen and oxygen isotopes was very interesting. Interesting because of the hard data that it presents; firstly, that carbon emissions are directly correlated to global temperature and secondly, that temperature is......
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