Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Actual truth

To whomever it may concern,
The fact that you might not be aware of the scientific evidences presented by many people to advocate the occurrence of global warming is pretty reasonable. Perhaps you have not been given the opportunity to listen, or even get involved in such topic, because of your families interest. Being the CEO of major oil and Gas Company, your parents business stands a chance of collapsing, for multiple reasons allow me to further my explanation
Scientists have been able to connect the burning of fossil fuel to the cause of global warming. The burning of fossil fuel creates a mixture of what one can call “a cocktail like” gas combination or greenhouse gases according to Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth. In this same documentary, Al Gore states that “one of the gases included in this mixture is CO2.” Furthermore, he thoroughly explains that “when the sun projects infrared gas radiation into the earth, sum of it is redirected to the atmosphere. Do to air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuel, this infrared radiation is incapable of leaving the earth, as a result the earth gets warmer”. As I mentioned before, your lack of understanding of this specific matter is logic; however, you must be very open minded to comprehend this complicated issue.
While the earth gets warmer, the temperature increases and thus, ice caps in places like Greenland, and Alaska melt according to Elizabeth Kolbert in her article “The Climate of Man” ( Elizabeth , p.67). When evidences from both Al Gore and Elizabeth Kolbert are combined, one can conclude that CO2 is a catalyst in the cause of global warming. In addition, one can see a liaison between these bodies of evidence. Even though the evidence presented to support the cause of global warming is very strong, there are still individuals who are refusing to accept this matter as it is. Among this kind of individuals falls politicians, companies like Exxon, and your father.
Although scientist have done a great job in providing evidences of the cause of global warming, gas industries such as the one owned by your father would not consider it for multiple reasons. Gas industries are lucrative businesses that bring billions and billions of dollars. As the CEO of such industry, your father would be more likely to deny that they play a role in the cause of global warming because of the interests involved. The reason why you have not been exposed to this topic is, because your father is the CEO of a company that is a potential cause of global warming according to Al Gore in “An Inconvenient Truth”. Additionally, the evidence that certain individuals have provided to disprove the occurrence of global warming appear to be very strong and of much essence to people like your father. According to Mark Maslin’s book Global Warming a (very short story) “ice core data suggest atmospheric CO2 responds to global temperature, therefore, atmospheric CO2 cannot cause global temperature changes” (Mark p.60). This evidence suggest that CO2 cannot be the cause of climate change if its part of it. Also Doctor Tim Ball who is a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg , stated that “CO2 has no effect in the cause of global warming”. Such evidences are very helpful to individuals like your father because it supports their claim that CO2 has no effect on global warming.
To recapitulate, scientists have provided much evidence to support the fact that CO2 has a major role in the occurrence of global warming; however, individuals who disagree have also provided evidence to support their arguments. I believe individuals such as Tim Ball have used minor evidence to support their arguments, because the interest that people like your father would lose. In order for you and me to be alive by 2050, gas industries such as that of your father must cut down gas emissions.

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