Making Global Warming Visible
"Education is learning to see the invisible." TM Akashi
Two movies that I can highly recommend are: "An Inconvenient Truth" and "11th Hour". Both are highly educational, in that they make visible the science and consequences of Global Warming.
Smog was a visible result of nitrogen oxide auto emissions, and 40 years ago we created legislation to reduce smog. Those very same auto emissions were also creating increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, but CO2 is invisible and it does not sting our eyes. Only a few scientist could "see" the dangers at that time, and they did report those dangers. The public and politicians didn't "see" that danger, so nothing was done about CO2 back then.
Now imagine 40 years of accumulated smog. The 1963 Clean Air Act was tremendously valuable, but carbon dioxide emissions were not included in it and have been increasing ever since. Every year, the average driver adds enough CO2 to fill 1/6th of a football stadium. We must act to reduce our addiction to oil, in order to reduce our carbon footprint (the 11th Hour poster has a giant footprint on the Earth). We must act immediately, as we have already waited 40 years and the list of negative results is growing daily. The "A Drop Of Blood" campaign is a way in which you can act, today.
Two movies that I can highly recommend are: "An Inconvenient Truth" and "11th Hour". Both are highly educational, in that they make visible the science and consequences of Global Warming.
Smog was a visible result of nitrogen oxide auto emissions, and 40 years ago we created legislation to reduce smog. Those very same auto emissions were also creating increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, but CO2 is invisible and it does not sting our eyes. Only a few scientist could "see" the dangers at that time, and they did report those dangers. The public and politicians didn't "see" that danger, so nothing was done about CO2 back then.
Now imagine 40 years of accumulated smog. The 1963 Clean Air Act was tremendously valuable, but carbon dioxide emissions were not included in it and have been increasing ever since. Every year, the average driver adds enough CO2 to fill 1/6th of a football stadium. We must act to reduce our addiction to oil, in order to reduce our carbon footprint (the 11th Hour poster has a giant footprint on the Earth). We must act immediately, as we have already waited 40 years and the list of negative results is growing daily. The "A Drop Of Blood" campaign is a way in which you can act, today.

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