an inconvenient truth for ethics seminar

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Hi, I’m Al Gore. Guess what: Global Warming is real!!!! Here’s how…. Do you see this glacier? It’s melting. Do you know why? Because the earth is heating up, and the more glaciers that melt, the higher the sea levels will rise. Polar bears are dying because of this! The ice is melting, and the polar bears can fall and drown in the water.

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Page 1: An Inconvenient Truth For Ethics Seminar

Hi, I’m Al Gore. Guess what: Global Warming is real!!!!

Here’s how….

Do you see this glacier? It’s melting. Do you know why?

Because the earth is heating up, and the more glaciers that melt,

the higher the sea levels will rise.

Polar bears are dying because of this! The ice is melting, and

the polar bears can fall and drown in the water.

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And who wants to kill Polar Bears?

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Only Governments can redOnly Governments can reduce carbon dioxide emissiouce carbon dioxide emissio

ns. ns.

What are your views?What are your views?

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Only Governments can redOnly Governments can reduce carbon dioxide emissiouce carbon dioxide emissio

ns. ns.

What are your views?What are your views?

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What are greenhouse gases and what producesses pr

oduce them?

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List some specific examples of available energy-efficient p

roducts.

What is energy efficiency and how can it reduce gl

obal warming?

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What do What do youyou think will be the think will be the consequences of global warconsequences of global war

ming?ming?

Can anything bCan anything be done to preve done to prevent it? If so whent it? If so wh

at?at?

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What are the key points of the movie?What are the key points of the movie?

Do you think that Al Gore is correct in Do you think that Al Gore is correct in his assumptions?his assumptions?

What do What do youyou think will be the consequ think will be the consequences of global warming?ences of global warming?

Can anything be done to prevent it? If Can anything be done to prevent it? If so what?so what?

Do you think anybody is to blame for tDo you think anybody is to blame for this situation?his situation?

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Only Governments Only Governments can reduce carbcan reduce carbon dioxide emison dioxide emis

sions. sions.

What are your vWhat are your views?iews?

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Many people will say that Many people will say that Al Gore presents only one Al Gore presents only one side of the global warming side of the global warming issue (example: animal eissue (example: animal e

missions are the cause for missions are the cause for most of the global warminmost of the global warmin

g). g).

Do some research and preDo some research and pre

sent an opposing opinion.sent an opposing opinion.

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What are greenhouse gases and

what processes p

roduce them?

How do greenhouse gases cause g

lobal warming?

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What is energy efficiency and how can it reduce global

warming?

List some specific examples of available energy-efficien

t products.

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What does "carbon neutral" mean?

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Are you likely to make Are you likely to make any changes in your life any changes in your life (or recommend that your (or recommend that your

family make any family make any changes) to help reduce changes) to help reduce

the amount of the amount of greenhouse gas greenhouse gas

emissions that you are emissions that you are personally responsible personally responsible

for? for?

If so, what, and why? If If so, what, and why? If not, why not?not, why not?