An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth – Review
As a chemical engineer, I was somewhat dubious of the forecasts of global warming. I quickly grew up in the 70’s when we quickly learned to doubt everything, to recognize spin in every statement from the eventually left and the right. It is a weakness of being human that notices of slow change are missed. Although the author’s book has a clear political message I can find no fault in his critical reasoning. The presentation is sound, though it frequently relies on unreliable information. He avoids drastic, unsupportable statements. When simply describing the possibility of serially diluting the Atlantic and rapidly diminishing the Gulf Stream circulation he avoids the end of the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow.” Such gloom and doom movies do not supply the grist for considerable debate. What Al Gore has done is present important facts, at a middle school level, for the public to consider. If you can look at a image of a glacier in the Andres and argue that it’s a open series of nature — moral luck. So, what is lacking? Perhaps it’s the scientist in me that wants further numerical analysis. The charts, graphs and photos are very useful but currently looking at the hard data is often better for number-crunchers. This is a complete book for children and adults a like. The pictures alone make it worthwhile. If this review was helpful, please vote.