An Inconvenient Truth is Al Gore's effort to alert us about global warming, in a forme of a documentary film. Through enjoyable humor, he describes the consequences and potential future of our planet if we don’t pay attention to rising global temperatures due to human activities. The point of this film is to educate us about the poisoning of our atmosphere and ozone layer by the rising amount of pollution and carbon dioxide which we all have produced.
Besides the fact that our atmosphere and environment are being altered, Gore talks about how weather is affected, hurricanes are getting larger and more violent, giving Katrina as an example which grew up after passing through the warm water of The gulf of Mexico and hit New Orleans in a devastating way. Apparently, everything in our world is interconnected, while some countries are suffering from harsh droughts and heat others are flooding. The great mount Kilimanjaro‘s snow cap has diminished as well as glaciers are starting to melt, Greenland in the way to collapse, involving a rise in sea level that could possibly impact the low level coastal communities. Al Gore blamed consumerism in the industrialized nations for potentially injure our atmosphere and not sacrifice in order to alive this crisis.
Another major problem that causes Global Warming is population. More people signify more food, and more transportation systems. That means more methane and more burning of fossil fuels, and more agriculture becoming in more pollution. Throughout the 150 years of the industrialized age, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased out of the chart. Over the same period, the level of atmospheric methane has risen by 151 percent, mostly from agricultural activities such as raising farm animals and growing food. We are constantly taking advantage of our natural resources and giving nothing back in return.
He also encourages the viewers to explore for references and information on how every individual can help to curb the CO2 emissions. Nevertheless, one of the main challenges is reducing the burning of coal. This is perhaps the most difficult cause nobody wants to confront the richer nations that lead and base their economy on fossils and its derivate. Everyone wants to keep living the same comfort, which are thanks to the energy stored in such fuels.
What we can possibly do as individual in the meanwhile is creating alternatives to reduce our own gas emissions, little thing that could make a difference such as driving less, recycling every time we have the chance, consuming organic food, eating less meat, buying fuel efficient appliances and vehicles. Vote for political parties committed to real change, who compromise with changing our environment and solutions to pollution.
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