Comp II - Unit 3

Jacquelina Patena
Ms. Davis
Comp II – Unit 3
December 1, 2010

Global Warming

We are comparing Richard Lindzen’s article to that of David Biello. Mr. Biello’s article to me seemed more convincing because it gives information about what risks we could fall into if we don’t take conscious about what is happening with the global climate. We all use the world’s resources and just because the world has existed for so long, it does not mean that we should take it for granted and that in fact we ourselves could be destroying it.
Mr. Lindzen says that there is no global warming but does not really convince me because instead of focusing directly as to whether we have global warming or not he is mainly focused on the fact that it was presented in a movie by a political figure. He seems more upset about the fact that politicians are involved rather than of what is happening in the world we live in. The title of his article did not seem to have much with what he was really talking about. It seemed more of a political article that an environmental one. When I saw the title I wasn’t thinking of reading politics at the time so I soon lost interest in it.
He says that “nonscientists generally do not want to bother with understanding the science.” Does this mean that just because politicians don’t care about earth issues, then we shouldn’t care either? I did not see much evidence from him providing information to make me think different -that indeed there is no “human influence on global climate.”
The only thing I do know is we live in this world and that we should take care of it. If we have to be scared by scientist in order to start being more considerate of our resources then that is probably the only way we would actually listen to a topic like this. I sure thought about the consequences that Mr. Biello addressed and actually put me to think, what can I do to help?