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myLot reputation of 82/100. Greeneagle24 (3710) 4 years ago

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“ You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It’s quiet; it’s peaceful. And all of a sudden, it’s a gear shift inside you. And it’s like taking a deep breath and going... 'Oh yeah, I forgot about this'. ”

— Al Gore in the opening monologue of An Inconvenient Truth
The Pale Blue Dot, a Voyager 1 photo showing Earth (circled) as a single pixel from 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometres) away, is featured in An Inconvenient Truth. Al Gore points out that all of human history has happened on that tiny pixel, which is our only home.
The Pale Blue Dot, a Voyager 1 photo showing Earth (circled) as a single pixel from 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometres) away, is featured in An Inconvenient Truth. Al Gore points out that all of human history has happened on that tiny pixel, which is our only home.
An Inconvenient Truth focuses on Al Gore and his travels in support of his efforts to educate the public about the severity of the climate crisis. Gore says, "I've been trying to tell this story for a long time and I feel as if I've failed to get the message across." The film closely follows a Keynote presentation (dubbed "the slide show") that Gore presented throughout the world. It intersperses Gore's exploration of data and predictions regarding climate change and its potential for disaster with Gore's life story.
It weaves in events that changed his world view, including his college education with early climate expert Roger Revelle at Harvard University, his sister's death from lung cancer, and his young son's near-fatal car accident. Throughout the film, Gore makes comments regarding his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 United States presidential election. For comic effect, Gore also uses a clip from the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot" to explain global warming.
In the slide show Gore reviews the scientific opinion on climate change, discusses the politics and economics of global warming, and describes the consequences he believes global climate change will produce if the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases is not significantly reduced in the very near future. A centerpoint of the film is his examination of the annual temperature and CO2 levels for the past 650,000 years in Antarctic ice core samples.
The film includes segments intended to refute critics who say that global warming is unproven or that warming will be insignificant. For example, Gore discusses the possibility of the collapse of a major ice sheet in Greenland or in West Antarctica, either of which could raise global sea levels by approximately 20 feet (6 m), flooding coastal areas and producing 100 million refugees. Melt water from Greenland, because of its lower salinity, could then halt the currents that keep northern Europe warm and quickly trigger dramatic local cooling there. The documentary ends with Gore arguing that if appropriate actions are taken soon, the effects of global warming can be successfully reversed by releasing less CO2 and planting more vegetation to consume existing CO2. Gore calls upon his viewers to learn how they can help him in these efforts.
Gore's book of the same title was published concurrently with the theatrical release of the documentary. The book contains additional information, scientific analysis, and Gore's commentary on the issues presented in the documentary. A 2007 documentary entitled An Update with Former Vice President Al Gore features Gore discussing additional information that came to light after the film was completed, such as Hurricane Katrina, coral reef depletion, glacial earthquake activity on the Greenland ice sheet, wildfires, and trapped methane gas release associated with permafrost melting.

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- It's really really interesting. that through this video documentary, i have realized how we are seriously changing our planet's climate that's causing harm to us and other animals. i hope this will be a wake up call for oil companies who keeps on making oil. i hope governments of the world would decided to further spent or innovate on new sources of fuel. what is you seriousconfused opinion in this matter.

 

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1. myLot reputation of 97/100. Aurone (2819)   ranked 103 out of 10,796 in watching movies   4 years ago

Well, hopefully you will read up on the subject and get some real truthful information. I was very disappointed in Al Gore's "documentary." A lot of his information was incorrect and he spent way too much time on his own biography and lamenting that he should have been president.


myLot reputation of 82/100. Greeneagle24 (3710)  4 years ago

Well, at least it's an open eye to what is really happening to our country.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Aurone (2819)   ranked 103 out of 10,796 in watching movies  4 years ago

That is true, but I wish it had been better so I could have used it for a teaching aide.

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2. myLot reputation of 84/100. dogsnme (825)   ranked 1,614 out of 10,796 in watching movies   4 years ago

It's my serious opinion that I don't trust Al Gore as far as I can throw him. I also believe that people need to search and research the facts for the truth rather than take the word of a politician - among others. Read the book, THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO GLOBAL WARMING AND ENVIRONMENTALISM. It presents the other side of the argument on global warming - it even mentions Al Gore's movie and the "convenient lies" he tells to give credibility to the global warming cause. There is also a website - globalwarming.org - that presents the facts about global warming and the fact that although global warming is real and that CO2 is contributing to it, it is most certainly not a crisis. I think this whole global warming thing has been made into something way more than what it really is.


myLot reputation of 82/100. Greeneagle24 (3710)  4 years ago

It didn't really matter to me if it was some one else had spoke on this documentary.as long as we are warned about this threat. i have to admit, the climate is changing in my country. It will be in the future if we don't act..

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3. myLot reputation of 96/100. tamarafireheart (13724)   ranked 1,646 out of 10,796 in watching movies   4 years ago

Hi Greeneagle,



Gosh that is a long one, but I really think that it has been all talk and no action for a long time but now it is too late, unless the whole starts to do something about and it should start fromAmerica and China who are the biggest polluters.


Tamara


myLot reputation of 82/100. Greeneagle24 (3710)  4 years ago

I agree. it's all talk but at least people are mostly aware now of what's really going on with the environment.

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