I am not taking a stance on Global Warming, but.....?

Question

Why is it that so many people use the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" as an authoritative example of Global Warming? It has been shown by scientists to be inaccurate, sensational, and mostly propaganda. On top of that, it is a MOVIE! You do not write a book report on Tom Sawyer by watching the movie, you cannot learn how to hotwire a car, rob a bank, build a bomb, or win the lottery by watching movies, even though all these things are depicted in movies. Do people really think they can go visit the treasure room shown in the movie "National Treasure?"

Am I the only person that finds this hilarious?

It was a documentary???

Propaganda certainly.
Errors galore, no matter how much you whitewash them.
I guess The Davinci Code could be considered a historical documentary as well with that definition.

Answer 1

You couldn't possibly be more correct sir. It is hilarious. What's even funnier is that Al Gore got a nobel peace prize for being the narrator of it.

Answer 2

You overstate the errors and how the movie was received by climate scientists. Here is part of a review by a climate scientist.

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How well does the film handle the science? Admirably, I thought. It is remarkably up to date, with reference to some of the very latest research. Discussion of recent changes in Antarctica and Greenland are expertly laid out. He also does a very good job in talking about the relationship between sea surface temperature and hurricane intensity. As one might expect, he uses the Katrina disaster to underscore the point that climate change may have serious impacts on society

There are a few scientific errors that are important in the film...
Still, these are rather minor errors...

For the most part, I think Gore gets the science right, just as he did in Earth in the Balance. The small errors don't detract from Gore's main point, which is that we in the United States have the technological and institutional ability to have a significant impact on the future trajectory of climate change.
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Answer 3

You make a very good point about the movie "An Inconvenient Truth". I do, however, find your choices of examples (such as hot wiring a car) interesting, lol You are right about not believing everything you read in the papers or see on the screen. Even scientists disagree on the causes and remedies for global warming.

Answer 4

Global Warming is a bunch of fabricated junk for "scientist/scholars" to have reason to apply for a large governmental grant for their so called research.

Answer 5

I agree with ken m. besides, it is a documentary. documentaries are real. and dont believe everything you read on the web. did you know on wikipedia anyone can make somethnig up and put it in there?

Answer 6

People are sheep, following anyone who has even a hint of authority. Al Gore did a good job with his movie and it has had the effect he wanted.

Answer 7

It won him several awards plus the Nobel peace prize. Many people take what he says as absolute fact.

I find it interesting that so many believers are now distancing themselves from this movie. I wonder why this is?

How much longer before they distance them selves from the theory of global warming?

Answer 8

You are correct but sadly people buy in to the propaganda and believe these liberal scare tatics to be fact.

Answer 9

it was a documentary movie,,silly man!!
anyway,,,I think it's all poppycock too,,,and I agree with you wholeheartedly about the fact that our countries problem is economic,,,not global warming crap

Answer 10

You can thank our public education system. Their motto, "Keep them stupid, and they will believe anything."