Periodically shocked

Libby 2021-12-15 08:01:03

It should be admitted that Gore is a good speaker, of course, he also chose a good topic-the issue of global warming.
This proposition is not unfamiliar to us, and everyone will think that this is a serious problem, at least, a negative one. But when we really talk about this topic, how much do we know? Melting ice? Sea level rises? Or something else? Even if we think we know, it's just a conclusion. And An Inconvenient Truth made me see for the first time what global warming is. For the first time, I felt that he would not be far away from me because it was a "global problem".
Statistics, graphs, and numbers are always convincing. Temperature, CO2, precipitation... Gore listed various curves to illustrate how different changes the earth has experienced in the past ten years. After entering the 21st century, almost all the curves have suddenly become steep, whether they are rising or falling, and they are several times the situation in the past tens of thousands of years.

The thing that shocked me the most was probably the trend of simulation. I have heard the alarmist sea level rise countless times. This is the first time I have seen Shanghai sinking like the “naughter”... It


’s not the first time I saw the propaganda about environmental protection, and it’s not the first time I wanted to do something. But every time, after being "shocked", it won't stop. Because environmental problems will not endanger our lives, we always think we can control, but we never take any action. Just like the frog in the pot that has been despised countless times, waiting for the day to be cooked.

In contrast, my dad's work is more practical. An environmental protection department in a heavily polluted urban area relies on the fines of all polluting companies to maintain its operation. Pollution rights have become a transaction. If the fines are paid, production can continue. On the other hand, if additional expenses are needed any day, it can be used Go to any cement factory to fine him. But it was such a gray, disgusting transaction that made the sky in my hometown a little blue. Is this irony? I have no idea.

I think everyone should watch this movie. Even if it is just for a momentary shock.

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An Inconvenient Truth quotes

  • Al Gore: It's important to rescue the frog.

  • Al Gore: [quoting Mark Twain] "What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so."