Inconvenient Truth By Al Gore

In the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, former presidential nominee Al Gore illuminates the detrimental effects of global warming. Throughout the documentary, Gore discusses the scientific opinion on global warming, which at the time was considered to be a taboo, and argues that, though an “inconvenient truth,” global warming is an actual, catastrophic issue. He states that global warming “is not really a political issue, so much as a moral one.” In addition, Gore contends that global warming is human-caused and specifically emphasizes America’s harmful contributions to its catastrophic dangers. As a result, Gore challenges his viewers to take action in joining the efforts to reduce the long term effects of global warming. At the opening of the film, Gore introduces the concept of global warming and its complex relationship with carbon dioxide. He claims that “the most vulnerable part of the earth’s ecological system is the earth’s atmosphere.” According to Gore’s own interpretation, when

Gore claims that after tripling the world’s population from 2.3 billion to about 9 billion with the occurrence of the baby boom, “we are witnessing a collision between our civilization and the earth.” He also introduces the misconception of the disagreement of the science of global warming, in which opponents, “reposition global warming as theory rather than fact,” and connects the issue to technological advancements. In this, Gore argues that both the United States and China use old technologies that are dirty and polluting. Although many Americans believe that there is an ultimatum in which one must choose between the economy and the environment, data depicting the percentage change in market capitalization during 2003-2004 shows that the cars that are doing well in the world belong to companies that are building environmentally efficient