Over the past 4 classes, you have seen two films that take very different positions on global warming. The first film was Al Gore's, "The Inconvenient Truth," which argues that global warming is a man made phenomenon and largely is due to the increase in carbon emissions from automobiles and industry. Gore argues that it is important that we act now to cut our emissions and find alternative forms of energy before our use of these fuels result in world altering catastrophies.
The second film is called, "The Great Global Warming Swindle," and takes the view that climate change is not the result of man made activity, but instead is largely the result of changes in the sun and how they impact the earth. The film charges that global warming is essentially "junk science" that is promoted by people whose real agenda is to attack capitalism and development.
As this topic is likely to be part of the essay section of the final exam, take some time to create a page where you revisit the major arguments made on both sides. Following completion of the film, we will take some time to review your notes from the film and then proceed with Unit 3 questions.
