The film’s overall claim is that, as a result of man’s pollution and the increase of greenhouse gases, there has been to an increase in global temperatures over recent years that falls under the term of global warming.
Al Gore qualifies his claim by explaining that not all greenhouse gases are as destructive to the atmosphere as we would think. He explains that we need some greenhouse gases to retain some of the sun’s rays so that the Earth can maintain a suitable temperature for the survival of life. However, Gore does say that many greenhouses gases are destroying the Earth’s atmosphere as they increase the amount of the sun’s energy and rays that is retained by the earth and thus results in increased global temperatures. 1) In studies …show more content…
The current generation does not have the right to destroy the earth of future generations. When he presented his case that we need environmental change in fear of further increasing temperature to Congress, he was startled to see the lack of care on the matter. Al Gore knows that positive change is the right thing to do to save the Earth that so many of us take for granted. For grounds #4, Al Gore then seeks to back this evidence further by explaining that even a one degree celsius increase of temperature by the increasingly warm water temperatures would cause the entire ocean current system to be thrown into disorder and even, in an extreme case, throw an entire continent into an ice …show more content…
From quoting Mark Twain in saying that “What gets us into trouble is not what we don 't know. It 's what we know for sure that just ain 't so” when discussing the ambiguity and confusion most people associate with the term global warming to discussing the 2000 Election as a massive moment of change in his life. Two of his more powerful allusions are ones referring to 9/11 and the Book of Revelations. When showing the effect of the elevated sea levels on the Eastern coast of the United States, Gore makes it clear to point out that the spot where the 9/11 Memorial was to be built would be well under water. Then he poses the question if America should be concerned about other issues like global warming rather than solely terrorism. This reference could elicit a powerful response as this movie came out in a time when the Iraq war was well underway and the many members of the audience could still remember the moments of 9/11 from only four years earlier so vividly. Equating the global warming threat to terrorism just shows the severity of the issue to the American people. Also the allusion to Revelations when Gore showed the images of extreme drought and flooding showed how near the end is really is. According to Christian doctrine, the Book of Revelations is a description of St. John’s visions of the end of days and within the book it features a lengthy description of the
Al Gore qualifies his claim by explaining that not all greenhouse gases are as destructive to the atmosphere as we would think. He explains that we need some greenhouse gases to retain some of the sun’s rays so that the Earth can maintain a suitable temperature for the survival of life. However, Gore does say that many greenhouses gases are destroying the Earth’s atmosphere as they increase the amount of the sun’s energy and rays that is retained by the earth and thus results in increased global temperatures. 1) In studies …show more content…
The current generation does not have the right to destroy the earth of future generations. When he presented his case that we need environmental change in fear of further increasing temperature to Congress, he was startled to see the lack of care on the matter. Al Gore knows that positive change is the right thing to do to save the Earth that so many of us take for granted. For grounds #4, Al Gore then seeks to back this evidence further by explaining that even a one degree celsius increase of temperature by the increasingly warm water temperatures would cause the entire ocean current system to be thrown into disorder and even, in an extreme case, throw an entire continent into an ice …show more content…
From quoting Mark Twain in saying that “What gets us into trouble is not what we don 't know. It 's what we know for sure that just ain 't so” when discussing the ambiguity and confusion most people associate with the term global warming to discussing the 2000 Election as a massive moment of change in his life. Two of his more powerful allusions are ones referring to 9/11 and the Book of Revelations. When showing the effect of the elevated sea levels on the Eastern coast of the United States, Gore makes it clear to point out that the spot where the 9/11 Memorial was to be built would be well under water. Then he poses the question if America should be concerned about other issues like global warming rather than solely terrorism. This reference could elicit a powerful response as this movie came out in a time when the Iraq war was well underway and the many members of the audience could still remember the moments of 9/11 from only four years earlier so vividly. Equating the global warming threat to terrorism just shows the severity of the issue to the American people. Also the allusion to Revelations when Gore showed the images of extreme drought and flooding showed how near the end is really is. According to Christian doctrine, the Book of Revelations is a description of St. John’s visions of the end of days and within the book it features a lengthy description of the