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Fourth Graders Being Taught To Parrot
Al Gore's Pseudo Science On Warming
Portland
Press Herald
Saturday June 16, 2007
A group of fourth-graders in Portland creates a list of priorities
to stop global warming.
Our school study of global warming started with lots of
questions. What is global warming? What is happening now?
What might happen in the future? What can each of us do to
help? Why should we care? What will the future look like?
A small group of students at our school has been researching
and studying the effects of global warming. The evidence and
data we collected is so overwhelming that we have decided to
write about this issue.
We want everyone to help curb Global warming. It truly means
that the Earth is getting warmer. The ocean is warming at such
an alarming rate that the continents are in danger.
Such a warming of the ocean is fuel for more severe hurricanes
such as Katrina. Katrina was only a Category 1 storm when it
crossed Florida. It became a monster storm by feeding off the
extremely warm water in the Gulf of Mexico.
Not just the ocean temperature, but also the overall temperature
on the planet is rising to dangerous levels.
The 10 "hottest" average years on record have occurred within
the last 14 years. We continue to see record carbon dixoide
levels in the atmosphere year after year. Just notice the strange
weather around us this winter and spring and even summer-like
days in March.
The United States is the leading contributor to the global-
warming crisis, producing one-third of the total greenhouse
gases in the world, more than South America, Africa, Asia and
Australia combined.
Please think about what people are doing and what could
happen if they do not stop.
Have we ever wondered what life might be like in 50 to 100
years? We might have imagined big robotic cities and flying cars,
but I bet we didn't imagine huge cities and tall skyscrapers
underwater. Well, that's what life will be if we keep burning fossil
fuels without thought.
Here are some facts that might help people realize the danger
we are facing.
Glaciers are melting at a faster and faster rate and glaciers are a
huge source of the world's drinking water. Greenland and the
Arctic ice shelf are melting faster each year and will disappear in
our lifetime if our fossil fuel usage continues unchecked. That
melting will raise the water level of the world's oceans nearly 40
feet. Basically, Manhattan would be underwater.
Hopefully, people will understand the danger we are facing. Do
Mainers want this to be our future? Although global warming is a
huge pending global disaster, we all have the means to change it
together.
Because the United States contributes one-third of the carbon
dioxide emissions worldwide, here are seven sensible ways to
save our seven beautiful continents:
nChange light bulbs to long lasting fluorescents and save 150
pounds of CO per year in every household.
nDrive less and save 1 pound of CO for every fewer mile.
nSave 2,400 pounds of CO by recycling plastics and paper.
nPlant a tree -- it breathes over a ton of helpful gases per
lifetime.
nTurn off any electrical items (TV, games, cell phones, lights,
etc.) when not in use to save 1,000 pounds of CO.
nBe informed -- go to www.stopglobalwarming.org or
www.climatecrisis.net.
nStay informed -- Watch Planet Earth (kids) and An Inconvenient
Truth (families).
Is our future already chosen for us? We are all young students,
ages 9-11, and cannot change the world like adults can. All the
facts we have presented are true, real, and will shape our future
unless decisive action is taken.
We will be in great danger if we don't get this problem in the
minds of all people and curb the unchecked growth of
greenhouse gas emissions.
It is our future our nation is playing with, so please change the
way people are playing. We encourage everyone to take action
and stop global warming.
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