An Analysis Of The Documentary An Inconveniant Truth
Take Home Exam Written Assignment 2 In today’s technological age of personal electronic devices and the interconnectivity they create between individuals through social media, most, if not all, of these individuals in developed countries are exposed to a plethora of ideas and causes that pertain to nearly any topic in all corners of our planet and beyond. Some may take a cause or idea to heart and advocate for its funding, completion, awareness, etc. and others may acknowledge it but decide to object to the message or refrain from participating or sharing in a way similar to the bystander theory. The level of participation an individual may have in a cause or topic essentially falls along their level of connection to that topic or cause.
In the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Al Gore takes on the issue of climate change in an attempt to explain to viewers the effect of anthropogenic actions to our everyday lives, from temperature and natural disasters to agriculture and pathogenic disease. Unlike, say, a petition that one may come across online that calls for the repeal of Indiana’s newly enacted RFRA law, the issue of climate change and the cause Al Gore is advocating for pertains to every single person living on our planet. It is disturbing to see these trends in the atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic chemistry of the home we all share and not see a collective attempt to mitigate them by the human race as a whole. We have indeed become acquainted to this lifestyle of capitalistic gain in an attempt to achieve economic success through the production of cheap plastics that have revolutionized commerce and the extraction and burning of inexpensive fossil fuels that energize the work and entertainment of our everyday lives. Al Gore does not dispute this claim in this documentary, and the advances we have made in agriculture, healthcare, and industry must all be appreciated for what they’ve done for the human race and all other benefiting
In the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Al Gore takes on the issue of climate change in an attempt to explain to viewers the effect of anthropogenic actions to our everyday lives, from temperature and natural disasters to agriculture and pathogenic disease. Unlike, say, a petition that one may come across online that calls for the repeal of Indiana’s newly enacted RFRA law, the issue of climate change and the cause Al Gore is advocating for pertains to every single person living on our planet. It is disturbing to see these trends in the atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic chemistry of the home we all share and not see a collective attempt to mitigate them by the human race as a whole. We have indeed become acquainted to this lifestyle of capitalistic gain in an attempt to achieve economic success through the production of cheap plastics that have revolutionized commerce and the extraction and burning of inexpensive fossil fuels that energize the work and entertainment of our everyday lives. Al Gore does not dispute this claim in this documentary, and the advances we have made in agriculture, healthcare, and industry must all be appreciated for what they’ve done for the human race and all other benefiting