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mastagata

so i'm taking english 101 this summer at a community college because i couldnt fit an english class into my freshman year of college. as extra credit we could write a response to al gore's movie: an inconvienent truth. i just thought it might be able to open an interesting discussion about global warming and whats happening in the world. so heres what i wrote.

I have been sitting staring at my computer thinking and mulling over what I could say about this film and/or the environment that could be of any importance or that hasn’t already been said. I can’t. But I will try to relay I few thoughts that I feel are important.
I am completely lost.
Typing this paper in the dead of the afternoon with this horrid heat beating down reminds me that my household refuses to use air conditioning unless it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Both my parents drive Toyota Prius Hybrids, which get about 50 miles per gallon and have very low emissions. We have low flow showerheads and toilets. All of the lights in my house are compact florescent bulbs and use the least amount of energy possible. My parents are politically active; they call their representatives and senators constantly letting their thoughts be known.
I still sit and worry.
Watching Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, really got to me. I care about nature, and this planet more than I could ever describe. As a result, it pained me deeply to watch this movie and realize how relaxed we all are about this situation. Have I done any actions that help? Yes, of course. Do I still feel like a lot more can be done? Yes, of course. I am constantly worried that I am not doing enough. Why am I not making the first move? Why am I not standing in the streets spreading the word? Why am I not marching in front of the White House demanding George Bush see this film?
I don’t know.
I don’t know why I haven’t made a move. I’m not sure why any of us haven’t made a move. We are all waiting for the next guy to step forward. “Well no one ELSE has done anything of any importance…so why should I?” Yeah I said that. How selfish right? I guess what I am trying to convey is: this is complicated!
I felt inspired by Al Gore’s film. I was ready to end Global Warming. I was ready to march up to Mr. Bush and explain to him rationally what is happening to the world. I was ready to start an entire movement, insisting on policy change. But what did I do immediately after the movie? I got in my car, drove straight home, and turned on the television. Ah, the comforts of escaping reality. “There’s no impending doom, we are all just fine. Don’t worry about it. I love the smell of oil burning in the morning.”
If my thoughts seem scrambled and incomplete, I apologize. The reason: I really care about this issue, and my thoughts tend to twist and turn the more I care about something.
I guess the point is this: we ALL need to work together to fix this problem. It’s that simple. No more excuses, no more denial. That’s it. No more “war on terror”. No more “war on drugs.” Let’s have a “war on complacency” or a “war on oil dependency” or a “war on political bullshit that is ruining this country and our world”.
Am I getting preachy?
Well I set to write a simple response to Al Gore’s film, and what happens? I produce this rant of incoherent nonsense spoken by a liberal citizen’s voice that will never be heard. I will leave you with this: My incoherent rant of bullshit makes about just as much sense as every decision that has been made by this administration and its hell bent need to drive this country into the ground.

 

big_goofy

not only is earth heating up but so is mars! how boouts them apples! maby its just norma! . they say 2000 years ago earth was this hot! our planet is billions of years old so 2000 years doesnt matter anyways

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mastagata

no its hotter than its EVER been man.

dedbr

do you want a grade on the paper itself or an opinion on enviromental warming?

Some Where In Ded Land....

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imported_Drake

Not to bash on you man but I think you got that fact wrong. The earth used to be way hotter during the time of the dinosaurs.

The reason why climate change for us today is so bad is that our lives are so adapted to our current weather patterns. Crops grow well in certain areas and rising earth temps mean more desertification of land and less crops grown. It also means flooding in places that are populated extremely densely.

 

Jake

The paper is really really underdeveloped and not polished.

It looks like something that would be written on an internet forum, not in an english class.

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mastagata

yo dude its not a paper it was just a response more like just a free writing asignment, yeah i know man, i can "write" real papers, i'm not an idiot

Olórin

yeah no offence man but, i hate it when people talk about global warming, its not happening because of us. mt saint helens blasted the amount of green house gasses in the atmosphere during that 25 hour period than all of man had produced...ever, its not us, and thanks big_goofy for talking about the rest of my argument why we are not the cause of global warming..its politics

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mastagata

sorry guys i wish i could delete this post i mean i feel like an ass...but i cant so mods...you think you could just lock this and let this float into obscurity or better if you could delete the thread i dont know if thats possible whatever i'm just stoned and i dont know.

Olórin

dont feel like an ass, i guess my reply was a bit harsh and, i dunno man, its just it gets on my nerves. its not you at all its polotics, you just got sucked into the crap that "important" people are shoving in our heads, screw al gore and whatever mother fucks that are lying to the world.