Task7 - Problem and Solution

In recent years, there have been a lot of major changes in the world. One of the most important changes that happened is the global warming which has rapidly increased. Global Warming is a term used to describe the changing in the weather in the last few years. In this semester I carried out 6 tasks about the global warming and this is task 7 which is the last task. In this task I will present the arguments about the global warming.

We watched a movie called “An Inconvenient Truth”. The film was presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore and directed by Davis Guggenheim. It was talking about the main reasons of Global Warming and how in time the ice will melt and the quantity of the water will increase the sea level by 25 meters which will cause floods. Hurricane Katrina happened due to the global warming. Mr. Al Gore has presented the presentation at least 1000 times in many different countries to make people aware about the causes of the global warming in our life and how the Arctic life will be affected and suffer. Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim.
The Diva has written a positive review for the movie. He is saying that the global warming is a passion for Al Gore, because he was thinking about it when he was in college about 30 years ago, and he said that what Al Gore shows us could happen with the warming trend; it’s enough to make you want to go and throw your car away. An Inconvenient Truth. June 7th, 2006. The Diva.2mar.2009

In addition, I measured my carbon footprint which was 2.69 and the average of the carbon footprint in my class is 3.86 which is a very high level.

To reduce my carbon footprint there are many ways. The first way is to reduce my yearly traveling because I’m traveling many times yearly. Another way is to reduce my use of the electricity because I’m using the electricity a lot every day while I’m using my computer surfing the internet. Yet another way to reduce my carbon footprint is to change my car but I really can’t do this. One of the most important ways is to use the public transportation because buses can take more people with one consumption for the energy. http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/.

Bibliography

Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim.

An Inconvenient Truth.The Diva.June 7th, 2006. 2mar.2009http://3blackchicks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=30

http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/.

Task 6 - Cool City

Nowadays, the usage of carbon and energy are very high and if we keep using it at the same capacity we will need to find another earth to live in which is impossible. The video said that we have to reduce the carbon dioxide emitted in the air by a half. In the last 30 years Japan has improved the energy efficiency by 37% and decreased the oil consumption by 8%.

Cool Cities are cities that are built to reduce the rate of carbon dioxide on the earth, by building a city that depends on natural resources, renewable energy and using hybrid cars. The cool city was built by a group of Japanese companies called SDCJ. The cool city contains all the transportation that we need and many facilities that we can use. After 2030 they will be using hybrid cars that don’t emit emissions into the air. At that time, they are accepting a decrease in carbon dioxide by 60%.

Abu Dhabi's population is growing very fast every year. The government has started to build a project that makes Abu Dhabi a cool city. They started this in Masdar City and Saadiat Island. They started to build these cities to reduce the carbon footprint. In my opinion, this will not happen especially in the UAE and it’s just a waste of time. I think that this problem will continue to increase and they will not find a solution for it.