An Inconvenient Truth - Statements by some German students 

Pierre Martin 

The film “An Inconvenient Truth” shocked me, because Al Gore shows very well how we are destroying our own planet: the earth. The pictures, statistics, diagrams and information demonstrate the consequences of our worldwide CO2-emissions.

The CO2-concentration in the air today has doubled if compared with the maximums during the last 650,000 years. As a result the temperature is rising so that the ice on the poles and glaciers is melting. The higher temperature is also the reason for more natural catastrophes and the extinction of animals, plants and sometimes also humans.

All in all we can say that humanity is destroying their own source of life and wealth in order to obtain short-term profits. But we should think of our future and the next generations.

Having seen this film I would like to stop this destruction by for example switching off the lights because I don’t find it ethically rsponsible. The responsibility to secure this unique planet and home of life is in our hands and we have to secure it.

Sophie-Charlotte Berke

“An Inconvenient Truth” - A film which gives a really good insight into the big problem of global warming by Al Gore

My opinion:

At first I was very surprised at the alarming facts that Al Gore talks about, because I thought that I knew a lot about the topic, but apparently not. I never thought that global warming is such a problem! Our earth is really in danger but most people don't know that because of too little information. However, it is so easy to change something and fight against global warming because it is not too late yet, the climate crisis can be solved, but we have to start now, because everything we need is there, except, perhaps the political will.

Background information:

After Al Gore lost the presidential election in the year 2000, he devoted himself even more to the fight against global warming.The film shows recordings of his presentation, which he introduced in many cities around the world. In this, he talked about his views on the scientific and political aspects of global warming.

With much conviction, sarcastic humor and stinging facts he ties his audience alone with his words. Al Gore is concerned that humanity, despite the size of the earth, with their exhaust gases have an enormous influence on global warming. ( => anthropogenic greenhouse effect) That is why it is so important for the earth and the people that we start to change something because it is very easy to reduce the CO2 content, for example by producing fuel-saving cars, insulation of houses and a conscious energy and commodity consumption without which the usual quality of life would decrease. For more things we can do to stop the global warming look at Al Gore's Homepage: www.algore.com

Florian Wienecke

In my opinion the film is a great opportunity to show everybody what’s going on in the world - with our world. It belongs to all of us because we can solve all the problems in the present age and in the future. So we have to change our behavior before it’s too late to save our blue planet.

Also, the flm shows great examples to me that even little changes in my behavior can be helpful for the environment and our world.

Jacqueline Pluta, Janine Heinecke, Niclaas Dettke 

Our first emotions about the film 'An Inconvenient Truth' by Al Gore were that we were very shocked, because the CO2-level is rising. It was very interesting to see what the scientists can find out in our days. The film shows that we can have a new ice age shortly. This is really frightening, because Germany will be one of many states where it could be and this is also more than inconceivable. Besides, the CO2-concentration is going to double in less than fifty years. The film is also about hurricanes, of which there will be more and more. That's an extremely scary aspect. Moreover it's strange that the arctic will be the place where the temperatures will be the highest in a few years, whereas it's the coldest place in our days. Furthermore it's frightening that many politicians don't really care about global warming and ignore that so many other states want to stop the CO2-emissions. We liked the end of the film, because the tips and suggestions are really good. Additionally we think that everyone who watches the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' will think about the topic of global warming and CO2-emissions.