The global warming is a true issue; the researche’s and scientists all of them agree that global warming is a real problem in our life and this problem is becoming much more dangerous by the. Fibbs, Brandon, a favorable review of An Inconvenient Truth. Says it is the best movie to understand global warming with very a modern way .The global warming is a real problem these days; many countries in the world try to play down this issue but in fact it’s much harder than we thought. The global warming is basically the earth becoming hotter but, more scientifically, it is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation. The main problem is the emissions from cars, buildings and factories. Also the growing population is one of the main reasons; people want to travel, buy clothes, work and so the amount of emissions becomes bigger day by day. Another huge problem is the changes in temperature that may destroy the earth in future because that will cause floods and diseases; also hot weather may kill a lot of plants. “It would take 100 years for the ice to melt, but recent studies say it could happen in 10-15 years”; Mellgren, Doug from “Riches Await As Earth's Icy North Melts" article says: I think this is not right; the information might be wrong because there is a big difference between 100 to 10 or 15 years. If 100 years all this generation will die and the 10 years is too short a period so I think this information is not accurate.Despite that, there are solutions of this case but in fact it is too hard to make them work. The economic growth is the biggest problem in these times and it is linked to the growing world population. So with the development of economic growth the level of emissions will increase and as I said it is harder than we thought to find a solution because the companies want profits and people have to use transportation to move so that is why the solutions are hard to find.
Bibliography:
- An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore. DVD. Paramount Classics, 2006.
- Mellgren, Doug. "Riches Await As Earth's Icy North Melts."
- Fibbs, Brandon. "Favorable review about An Inconvenient Truth."
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Cool City
We watched a video which is about Cool City project. A lot of environmental problems appeared such as climate change and many other problems; those problems came because of the economic development, traffic and population growth. If we want to solve this issue we need a new earth; we have to reduce 50% of carbon dioxide emissions to live in a single earth. In Japan over the past 30 years GDP has gone up 100% and energy efficiency has increased 37% while oil consumption has decreased 8%. Buildings and transport produce about 90% of carbon dioxide into the air. Cool City is a huge project which is about a green environment with high technology buildings and transport and the main benefit is a very small amount of carbon dioxide emissions. The SDCJ (Sustainable Urban Development Consortium for Japan) are a group of Japanese companies. The three main types of transportation are hybrid cars, trains and water taxis. Residential, Commercial and Business are the three zones in the city. The climate of the Gulf region is very hot so they will build a special wall around the city to reduce the heat. The overall percentage of reduction of CO2 is 60%.
In my point of view, the project of course is a great idea but the important question is when the project will finish? After 50 years?, There will be people to live in this city without any problems.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Summary
China’s women
China is the most populous country in the world so you can see everything in it such as the rich, poor, gangs, crimes, and many others. One of the most dangerous problems in China is suicide especially in rural areas; huge numbers of women take their lives each year even more than the men. One reason is poisons in the rural areas. Another cause is the fight between married couples. The result is the wife drinks the poison. The traditional rules play a big role in marriage, so women are actually like the goods which anyone can buy. This puts the women under stress and they become weak so that will definitely affect their children’s future. Also the wife should satisfy the husband otherwise it will be terrible. The government realizes the problem and they put laws for this case but it’s hard to change the strong traditional rules. The ratio of women is decreasing and the future will be really hard and dangerous for them if this problem is still unsolved. There is an organization trying to reduce this issue but it is limited; the good news is the organization is trying to spread to the whole of China in future. Now the women who live in China have been changed to the better by getting jobs.
Main Idea:-
Women in China were as garbage, no safety, no job, no freedom, and no mercy. We can also call them as goods. As we can understand from what the writer has written that women are an important part of society as they can work in very high position in the country but in rural areas in China the traditional rules destroy the women’s abilities so she becomes weak and she can’t face problems.
My comment:-
The article is quite good; the writer wants to present the issue to the audience. Hopefully the government will take this problem much more seriously. Written in the article “70-80% of suicides are the direct result of conflicts between husbands and wives”; if we think about it, it’s not fair because 70-80% is not that easy I mean it’s a very high rate and if that is right the whole of China will be chaos and corruption.
China is the most populous country in the world so you can see everything in it such as the rich, poor, gangs, crimes, and many others. One of the most dangerous problems in China is suicide especially in rural areas; huge numbers of women take their lives each year even more than the men. One reason is poisons in the rural areas. Another cause is the fight between married couples. The result is the wife drinks the poison. The traditional rules play a big role in marriage, so women are actually like the goods which anyone can buy. This puts the women under stress and they become weak so that will definitely affect their children’s future. Also the wife should satisfy the husband otherwise it will be terrible. The government realizes the problem and they put laws for this case but it’s hard to change the strong traditional rules. The ratio of women is decreasing and the future will be really hard and dangerous for them if this problem is still unsolved. There is an organization trying to reduce this issue but it is limited; the good news is the organization is trying to spread to the whole of China in future. Now the women who live in China have been changed to the better by getting jobs.
Main Idea:-
Women in China were as garbage, no safety, no job, no freedom, and no mercy. We can also call them as goods. As we can understand from what the writer has written that women are an important part of society as they can work in very high position in the country but in rural areas in China the traditional rules destroy the women’s abilities so she becomes weak and she can’t face problems.
My comment:-
The article is quite good; the writer wants to present the issue to the audience. Hopefully the government will take this problem much more seriously. Written in the article “70-80% of suicides are the direct result of conflicts between husbands and wives”; if we think about it, it’s not fair because 70-80% is not that easy I mean it’s a very high rate and if that is right the whole of China will be chaos and corruption.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
My Carbon Footbrint
I measured my carbon footprint from http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ and it was 3.18, It depends of what I do or what are my activities.
The three factors which contribute most greenhouse gases are:-
1- Travel.
2- Home.
3- Stuff.
And the carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by our activities in a time.
I compared my carbon footprint with four other students in the class. My footprint is the second one which is 3.18, my friends Khalifa, Rashid, Abdulwahed, and Ali is footprints are 3.15, 2.15, 4.5 and 4.56 respectively.
We can reduce that but I it’s really hard to do it because it’s difficult to change your life style but that is not impossible. You can do what you do regularly but heathier than before; that is one way to reduce your carbon footprint; another way, which is the harder, is to forbid myself to eat some food or don’t use the car and the computer as before.
The three factors which contribute most greenhouse gases are:-
1- Travel.
2- Home.
3- Stuff.
And the carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by our activities in a time.
I compared my carbon footprint with four other students in the class. My footprint is the second one which is 3.18, my friends Khalifa, Rashid, Abdulwahed, and Ali is footprints are 3.15, 2.15, 4.5 and 4.56 respectively.
We can reduce that but I it’s really hard to do it because it’s difficult to change your life style but that is not impossible. You can do what you do regularly but heathier than before; that is one way to reduce your carbon footprint; another way, which is the harder, is to forbid myself to eat some food or don’t use the car and the computer as before.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Reviews
A favorable review:-
Brandon Fibbs says:
The global warming is a true issue; the researches and scientists all of them agree that global warming is a real problem in our life and this problem is becoming much more dangerous by the hour. In the movie they show us so much evidence as high modern graphical slides on a huge wide screen. Also they provide us with incredible pictures comparing some places before years ago and current years. The ending of the movie was great which is about how we can change this problem and solve it.
http://www.brandonfibbs.com/2006/05/24/an-inconvenient-truth/
An unfavorable review:-
Scott says:
The movie is actually about Al Gore more than the aim of the movie, because this movie may create a huge base of fans for him to vote for him as the USA is next president. There are some funny scenes in the movie and that is not a good thing because this is a serious problem so we have to avoid any funny things. Some picture might be not true; they may take the photos in different seasons.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/movies/24trut.html
My opinion:-
The movie really provides for us great information that I is new to me; also the way Al Gore presents is very modern using new technologies and nice graphical slides. I don’t care if it is true or not put I believe the numbers and some information and some pictures. But overall it is great movie and a rich source; I recommend everyone to see it.
Brandon Fibbs says:
The global warming is a true issue; the researches and scientists all of them agree that global warming is a real problem in our life and this problem is becoming much more dangerous by the hour. In the movie they show us so much evidence as high modern graphical slides on a huge wide screen. Also they provide us with incredible pictures comparing some places before years ago and current years. The ending of the movie was great which is about how we can change this problem and solve it.
http://www.brandonfibbs.com/2006/05/24/an-inconvenient-truth/
An unfavorable review:-
Scott says:
The movie is actually about Al Gore more than the aim of the movie, because this movie may create a huge base of fans for him to vote for him as the USA is next president. There are some funny scenes in the movie and that is not a good thing because this is a serious problem so we have to avoid any funny things. Some picture might be not true; they may take the photos in different seasons.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/movies/24trut.html
My opinion:-
The movie really provides for us great information that I is new to me; also the way Al Gore presents is very modern using new technologies and nice graphical slides. I don’t care if it is true or not put I believe the numbers and some information and some pictures. But overall it is great movie and a rich source; I recommend everyone to see it.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Riches Await as Earth's Icy North Melts
Summarize:-
According to the article, many countries are competing for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, but the problem now is the climate has become hotter faster than before so that is dangerous for wildlife and population. Huge amounts of natural sources are still undiscovered until now; this is the main reason for governments and big companies to compete with each other. The Arctic is already controlled by companies and they use high technology to reach the oil undersea. At the current time petroleum companies develop technologies to explore natural materials and they hope to find them. Some huge companies fight for the areas which have the resources without any care about the future of the earth. They just think about the profit. The ice is one of the obstacles that faces some companies, for ship’s movement, so they want another way to solve this problem. The ice is melting more than before and fish move to another place and the level of the fish in the sea is reducing.
Main Idea:-
The money is not everything in the life; our planet has a lot natural resources and we can extract them perfectly if the countries work as one and the same thing with finding ways for ships. The global warming is playing a big role in this case so the problem is not only the countries, it is also the climate.
Comment:-
In my point of view, the article is quite good but the writer gives us much about countries. The writer says “Just a few years ago, reports said it would take 100 years for the ice to melt, but recent studies say it could happen in 10-15 years”; I think this is not right; the information might be wrong because there is a big difference between 100 to 10 or 15 years. If 100 years all this generation will die and the 10 years is too short a period so I think this information is not accurate.
According to the article, many countries are competing for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, but the problem now is the climate has become hotter faster than before so that is dangerous for wildlife and population. Huge amounts of natural sources are still undiscovered until now; this is the main reason for governments and big companies to compete with each other. The Arctic is already controlled by companies and they use high technology to reach the oil undersea. At the current time petroleum companies develop technologies to explore natural materials and they hope to find them. Some huge companies fight for the areas which have the resources without any care about the future of the earth. They just think about the profit. The ice is one of the obstacles that faces some companies, for ship’s movement, so they want another way to solve this problem. The ice is melting more than before and fish move to another place and the level of the fish in the sea is reducing.
Main Idea:-
The money is not everything in the life; our planet has a lot natural resources and we can extract them perfectly if the countries work as one and the same thing with finding ways for ships. The global warming is playing a big role in this case so the problem is not only the countries, it is also the climate.
Comment:-
In my point of view, the article is quite good but the writer gives us much about countries. The writer says “Just a few years ago, reports said it would take 100 years for the ice to melt, but recent studies say it could happen in 10-15 years”; I think this is not right; the information might be wrong because there is a big difference between 100 to 10 or 15 years. If 100 years all this generation will die and the 10 years is too short a period so I think this information is not accurate.
Task 3 : An inconvenient truth
The movie is presented by Al Gore, 45th vice president of the US, and he got an Oscar award in 2007; he has great character.
The movie is about the source of global warming; it is presented with high technologies by using wide projector screen with nice graphical charts and highly organized events that make the movie easy to understand.
I learned several things and facts with numbers, the temperature of the earth is increasing faster than before; the reasons are traffic, population growing and many other things.
We can reduce this risk by using the new technology such as green technologies.
Big industrial countries such as USA, China, UK and Japan are playing main role in this case.
The companies have to think about the future not just profits.
At the end of the movie they show us a really wonderful thing which is methods about how we reduce the emissions.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Task 2 : Introdaction of Global Warming
As I said the global warming is a serious problem these days. We have to take this problem seriously because it is in our life where we live, so the global warming is actually a disaster. It can destroy the life. I mean if the whole icecap melts then the level of the water in seas will increase and so many small countries and cities near to the coast will completely disappear and the weather will become hotter and many plants will die and many other things will happen.
There are many causes of this problem. The main problem is carbon dioxide from cars, planes, and factories; it affects the ozone layer so the temperature is increasing. That is basically the cause of global warming.
I think we have to take care about this problem to help future generations, but to be honest it is very hard to even reduce the carbon emissions because the main goal of most companies is the money without thinking about what will happen in the future and the solution will be impossible if the big companies and governments don’t cooperate with each other.
There are many causes of this problem. The main problem is carbon dioxide from cars, planes, and factories; it affects the ozone layer so the temperature is increasing. That is basically the cause of global warming.
I think we have to take care about this problem to help future generations, but to be honest it is very hard to even reduce the carbon emissions because the main goal of most companies is the money without thinking about what will happen in the future and the solution will be impossible if the big companies and governments don’t cooperate with each other.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Task 1 : About Me & My Aim
I am Ali. I live in Abu Dhabi (Baniyas) which is about 20 minutes from the center of Abu Dhabi; my family consists of 3 brothers and 3 sisters and we all live together apart from my big brother who lives in Abu Dhabi.
First of all I live with my family; I don’t really like to talk very much and spend a lot of time chatting without any purpose. I love technology, electronic and video games very much and I spend a lot of time on the internet to read what is new about those 3 things; also playing online games with my friends. I hate cars ;so many guys customize their cars to looks nice. My life is quite simple. Praying, of course this is the most important thing. I sleep about 2 hours every day when I get back to my home. I study what I did in classes and my time of studying is about 1 hour. I do activities on the computer like browsing the internet, watching movies and reading and I play video games with my friends.
All in all, I like traveling and I traveled to UK, Egypt and Thailand and I will visit Japan, US, France and KSA as soon as I can. I am very committed in my work and I am smiling all the time and my friends know that. I like to help and solve people’s problems.
Global Warming
Global warming is a serious problem these days. Even the biggest company in the world can’t solve this problem until everyone cooperates with each other because as we know the world with billions of people, is not easily controlled.
In this blog I will write about global warming. Also I’II describe the reasons and look at some effects. My aim is to get high marks on this project which consists of 6 tasks and I will work as hard as I can.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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