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What Issues Does The Film Present
What Issues Does The Film Present
What Issues Does The Film Present
Our planet is gradually getting hotter, and there has been a significant increase in
temperature in recent years due to pollution. The threat of global warming has raised
concerns as it is continuously causing damaging the earth in the form of heat waves,
resulting in melting of glaciers whose persistence is utterly important for mankind's
survival. This essay will firstly discuss the reasons behind global warming and the solutions
for this problem.
First of all, usage of conventional fossil fuels in transportation and heavy industries has
caused emission of harmful gases like carbon dioxide causing a green house effect
which creates damage to the ozone layer. This has caused damage to invaluable layer
which protects our planet from getting hotter. In addition, factories and thermal plants
release huge amount of gases, polluting our environment and causing damaging
effect to the worldwide weather. For instance, a recent study shows that 90 kilo tons of
polluting gases are emitted worldwide which equivalent to 3 nuclear bombs and
causes enough damage to planet earth.
Most people simply want to know how much water and wind to expect, and what
a hurricane will mean for their safety. Hurricane categories can’t predict everything
about a storm, but categories do give an indication of how a hurricane will affect
people and property in its path.
WHAT MAKES THIS FILM CREDIBLE?
The increase in major storms and high category hurricanes has been
substantiated, though some of the increase is attributed to differences in the
severity rating systems and the cyclical increase in storms.
The doubling of the death toll of global warming in the next 25 years is an
extrapolation of data including numbers during deadly heat waves, the likes of
which are expected to occur with greater frequency
An Inconvenient Truth provides several factual statements that have proven true over
the time since the movie came out a decade ago. The extent of the catastrophic
climate situation has made itself more evident, as confirmed by science. Let's take a
look at the main claims in the film and what science says to support these facts.