Name : RAVI JAIN Date : 02/02/2017

Roll No. : 140100047 Course: ES200

Branch : Mechanical Engineering Assignment -1

CRITICS ON GLOBAL WARMING BASED ON An Inconvenient Truth AND

The Great Global Warming Swindle

I have watched both documentaries. An Inconvenient Truth talked about how the
current global warming trend is mainly caused by humans(man-made), while "The
Great Global Warming Swindle" was appeared to confirm that there is in fact
global warming, but the prove that the global warming cause had almost irrelevant
with the humans that are doing, and is just based on the some seasonal or cyclic
trend of global temperatures on the earth, almost entirely showed by sunspot
cyclic activity that appears from time to time on the sun's surface.
According to my guess, they both tell the both truth as well as myth about some of
the stuff, but I am a mechanical student major, not an environmental science, or
meteorology or climatology etc and as I haven't done a much research on the
issue, but I am eager to see what some of the people who are supposed to know
a much detail about this issue think about the two movies, and the situation in
general.
As described in the first movie, Humans are loading all kinds of gasses into the
atmosphere and CO2 is a major one which contributes to the greenhouse effect.
However, I think some of the gases release due to oceans, industries etc make
clouds more reflective, which then sunlight bounces back into space because of
our air pollution. This has much less of an effect than CO2 emissions, but is still
measurable to some extent and therefore significant. In that sense, 2nd movie is
more genuine about the global warming effect as 1st one only focus on CO2
emission, didnt care about other major pollutant. I think global warming is caused
by global warming pollution(also include other than CO2), which traps extra
infrared radiation
Both the movies just plotted some data to produce graphs but doesnt give any
proof or validation. People either believe on logical realistic proof or experimental
results. Here people are believing in media, politics and myth. I myself also
doesnt know much about it. Before watching the movie, I also believe that global
warming is only due to CO2 which caused by humans. But controversy of the film
as described in the 2nd movie clearly against the 1st one.

I also dont doubt that there is climate change but the 2nd movie raised some
doubts as to the causes and there seems to be some science(like sunspot) that
suggests that it is not all due to CO2. I understand that we cant proof this in a
laborartary because it is global phenomenon. Earth science has a poor record in
dealing with maverick views, for example plate tectonics, because it is hard to test
theories by experiment. Atleast I am always looking at the science rather than
attacking the people or a populist tv programme. Anyway we should be
concentrating on mitigation of the effects of global warming, and also reducing
reliance on fossil fuels, a good thing in itself.
I observed that 2nd movie is one-sided, and that the producer definitely quotes
and facts to suit his belief that global warming is a humorous. At the same time, it
is hard to imagine Al Gore(1st Moive) as being completely neutral when he
selected the statistics and quotes to be featured in the movie. Both films with an
eye to their own agendas, and neither is free of bias. The only question is who is
correct.
The debate essentially then is how much to humans contribute to the warming of
the planet I think weather patterns are extremely complicated and we do not know
all there is to know. Regardless, we need to curb CO2 emissions if for nothing
else, than for cleaner air to breathe. Both documentaries received awards, but
both were also criticized for containing flawed data by those for and against
anthropogenic global warming theories.
I also understand that global warming has become a story of huge political
significance and environmental activists using scare tactics to manipulate the
society. Also scientists adding credence to secure billions of dollars in research
money and politicians after headlines and a media happy to play along. No-one
dares speak against it for risk of being unpopular, losing funds and jeopardizing
careers. It just game of money and profit making thing, they just produce some
plots of temperature and gases relevant to global warming, media without knowing
the truth or depth enjoys broadcast and people usually listen and believe in them.
"An Inconvenient Truth" claims that there is a scientific consensus that global
warming is anthropogenic. However, "The Great Global Warming Swindle" refutes
that claim stating, "The most highly qualified and respected scientists can be blind
to obvious deficiencies in a theory and will be dismissive of evidence when it
undermines what they want to believe."
There is no proof or evidence stated that hurricane, flood or drought is only
caused global warming (reference to 1st movie) and also dont know that allowing
global warming to continue would be deeply and unforgivably immoral. I agree
that we should use electrical equipment(car, oven, stoke etc), renewable, efficient
transport for the healthy air. But this may not related much to the global warming.
Above written is just brief report on what I understand in both movies, how I relate
with the original environment, what my classmate thinks, what other people talks,
this is forsure deep topic of debate but there may be one of them truth but true
information is very less available on this topic because of controversies and lack
of evidence. We can just argue or follow both of them. Main concern is air
pollution, both didnt say about it. It has proof but solution is not following, result
can be seen in Beijing, New Delhi where breathing problem, low road sight is
common.