Alec NHS Global Warming Documentary

From working on this documentary I surprisingly learned a lot about global warming.  When we first started this project the idea of it seemed dumb to me because I thought we were not going to learn anything and waste our time blogging.  I did not realize that global warming was as big of a priority as it is.  Even though it’s unproven, it’s obvious that something is going on.  I learned that it is expected we will start seeing real effects of global warming in about fifty years which really scares me because I plan on still being alive at that point.  It makes me think about having kids and leaving them here for their world to die out.  It’s a scary thought and I wish there were more we could do about it to stop it.  I want to start doing something immediately to prevent it but I don’t know what I can do that will have a strong effect.  I just hope it is not too late.

I thought that the street interviews were fun but i didn’t really like what our interviewies had to say.  It did not seem like very many of them knew what they were talking about when it came to global warming.  It seemed like most of them just rambled in order to give us an answer to our questions.  I thought it looked like a lot of fun and i wish i could have been there.

‘Global Warming is not a crisis’

Summary - This article talks about three experts from the “Intelligence Squared” program in London argue that Global warming is not a crisis, while three other argue against that motion.  They had a debate with eachother, both parties making good points and affecting the audience because they voted before and after the debate and the results were different.  At the end of the debate around 46% of the voters were for the proposition and around 42% were still opposed to it.

Response - I’m not an expert so of course I don’t really know what I’m talking about, btu if it was that simple that it just was not a crisis then why is the everyone making it out to more than it is, theres got to be something to it that’s making everyone worry so much.

10 Tips to fight Global Warming

Summary – 1.)Replace 5 incandescent light bulbs in your home

2.)Take the train intstead of the plane.

3.)Use a fan instead of turning on the AC.

4.)Replace old refrigarors.

5.)Take a short shower.

6.)Insulate your home.

7.)Dry clothes on a line.

8.)Less red meat.

9.)Take public transportation

10.)Support the creation of energy.

Response -  I think I might do a few of these, the ones that are easy any way.

*Visual Metaphors*

• Someone smoking a cigarette and scarring their lungs -like smoke emissions scarring the atmosphere.
• A person litering out the car window – Pollution on the earth.
• Drinking too much alcohol, getting sick – Too much gas burned into the atmosphere hurting it.
• Pouring water over a think ice chunk – Shows the polar ice caps melting.
• Dropping a piece of trash in your drink – Shows what it does to pollute the ocean.

The one I like the best is the person scarring their lungs with a cigarette because I think it’s a clever and matches better than any other one I have up there.

Clinton, Obama, Offer Big Plans On Global Warming 

Summary- This article talks about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and what they say they plan to do about climate change.  They both are on the same page with a few things about it.  They both have their own detailed plan.  Clinton wants to do something called Carbon Neutral Mortgage Association which is meant to make it easier to get loans for efficient energy in homes.  Obama supports a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard which would require less carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent.

Response- I think that both of these are good ideas and that we should go through with both of them if we can afford it.

Global Warming Timeline

Summary- This article is a long list of dates from the 1800s to the current year.  It shows different information about how the climate has been changing over the years.  On this timeline it does not have a comment for every year, just whenever there is something worth recording.  It’s a good way to see how global warming has affected the earth.

Response- I think it is suprising how much global warming actually has affected the earth. 

• Chris Horner -  Hi, My name is Alec Faulhaber.  I am doing a video documentary on global warming for my English II class.  I was wondering since your an expert on the topic if I could interview you.  I could meet you somewhere and at a time that is convenient to you.  I could give you examples of questions I would ask you in advance.

E-mail -chorner@cei.org

Website of Chris Horner

• Kenneth Chilton - Hi, My name is Alec Faulhaber.  I am doing a video documentary on global warming for my English II class.  I was wondering since your an expert on the topic if I could interview you.  I could meet you somewhere and at a time that is convenient to you.  I could give you examples of questions I would ask you in advance.E-mail –  

 Kchilton@lindenwood.edu

Kenneth’s Website

Global Warming, Hunters Make Polar Bears a Must Addition to Endangered Species List

Summary - This article is written by Vicky Meretksky about the effects global warming is having on Polar Bears.  Polar bears are on the verge on becoming an extinct animal because the polar ice caps are melting.  This makes things a lot harder for polar bears causing many of them to die out.  It is predicted that “Two-thirds of polar bear population is expected to decline by 2050″.  This makes it harder for them to fish for food, the ice caps are essential to a polar bear’s survival.

Response - I think that is sad. I also heard something about Polar bears resorting to cannibalism because they are so hungry and so scarce on food.  I think it’s horrible that global warming has caused them to turn on to each other for survival.

1. What is your topic about?

2. Does it seem like a real problem?

3. Do you think we can fix it?

4. If so, how can we fix it?

5. Do you think it will be easy?

6. Is it something everyone should be worried about?

7. What are some negative affects?

8. Anything positive?

9. Does it worry you at all?

10. Are you doing anything to try to fix it?

Climate Change: Just deal with it?

Summary -This article was written by Alan Zarembo and it is about a cheaper way of fighting global warming.  A man named Roger A Pielke Jr. is an environment policy expert and he has an idea of coping with global warming and adapting rather than spending trillions of dollars on fighting it.  He thinks that the effects of global warming are not as bad as some scientists think they are.  There is other scientists who say that if we could just simply adapt to something like global warming, then it would of already happened, instead the climate keeps changing.

Response – I think that if global warming was as easy as that to fix then we would not be worried about it.  We can adapt to it as much as we can as it comes but I don’t think we can just solve the whole problem just like that.  We should do other things to reduce climate change.

Global Warming Rushes Timing of Spring

Summary - This article was written by Seth Borenstein an AP Science Writer.  He is talking about how global warming is affecting the timing of spring every year.  Spring keeps coming at different times every year he says.  He says this messes things up for animals who have a biological clock that runs by season.  There is a lot more pollen in the air at and earlier time than normal to.

Response - I don’t mind this because I like spring so spring could come early every year and I would not complain.

I have learned about the effects of different things from global warming and how they effect the earth.  I was suprised at how much people disagree with global warming I did not know there was any doubt I thought it was a fact.  The effects on the natural world like animals and the rainforest and things should be what our segment is about.  I will need more animals and stake and their negative affects.  I did read an article on penguins going through changes in their environment that could help.

Penguin Article