Tanya & Hua Loo Loo in Switzerland

I went to see TWO movies with a freind ,  " Inconvenient Truth "   ( You have got to see this movie ...... it's the best movie I have seen this year )  
Seriously .... Go to see this movie ....    今晚去看了兩部電影  " 不願面對的真相 "  (你們一定一定要去看 今年看過最棒的電影  )  我是說真的 去看這部電影 

  


" 我們坐在一枚定時炸彈上面，如果全世界大多數的科學家是正確的，人類只有十年的時間避免一場大災難，足以讓地球的氣候系統一片大亂，造成嚴重的氣候遽變，包括極端的氣候變化、水災、旱災、流行性傳染病大量散播以及致命熱浪，災情之嚴重是我們從來沒有經歷過的，而且完全是我們自己造成的。

Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced

如果這聽起來像杞人憂天，請重新考慮一次。導演戴維斯古根漢執導的紀錄片【不願面對的真相】在日舞影展大受歡迎，該片記錄一個人以他無比的熱誠、深具啟發性的談話，以及堅定不移的決心，大膽戳破關於全球暖化的迷思和誤解，並激勵每個人採取行動阻止情況惡化。這個人就是美國前任副總統艾爾高爾，他在2000年總統大選敗選之後，重新調整自我的生活方向，全心全意為全球暖化的問題付出時間與精力，希望能夠以他個人的努力，讓世人真正了解全球暖化的嚴重性，並且幫助世人拯救地球，阻止它走向自我毀滅的方向。【不願面對的真相】一片記錄了艾爾高爾在全世界各地的全球暖化巡迴演講，他在這些以幻燈片輔助的演講中，同時展現出風趣幽默以及認真嚴肅的一面，以輕鬆自然以及實事求是的態度、竭盡所能向一般老百姓說明地球正面臨一場“全球性的緊急狀況”，而我們這些老百姓在事情尚未惡化到無法挽救的地步，必須儘快採取行動阻止浩劫發生。


If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom and doom -- think again. From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. That man is former Vice President Al Gore, who, in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, re-set the course of his life to focus on a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore also proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late. 


全球暖化小常識 ── 全球暖化到底是什麼？

全球暖化是二氧化碳及其他溫室氣體排放到地球大氣層所造成的。這些氣體就像厚厚的毯子，把日光的熱能困住，造成地球的溫度上升。溫室氣體愈多，地球的溫度就會愈高。這些溫室氣體來自汽車的化石燃料、發電廠以及森林及農地的流失。

科學家研究遠古冰河遺留的冰柱、海洋的沉澱物以及樹木和珊瑚環礁，發現全球暖化的線索。

全球暖化對人類文明造成問題是因為它會導致威力強大的暴風雨和旱災、冰河融化、海平線上升、氣候模式驟變以及傳染病散播等危機。

汽車和以燃煤發電的發電廠是美國最大的二氧化碳排放源。砍伐森林也是造成全世界二氧化碳大量排放的來源。

科學家說除非我們減低導致全球暖化的溫室氣體的排放量，全球的平均氣溫在本世紀末將上升三到九度。

WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?

Carbon dioxide and other gases warm the surface of the planet naturally by trapping solar heat in the atmosphere. This is a good thing because it keeps our planet habitable. However, by burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil and clearing forests we have dramatically increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere and temperatures are rising.

The vast majority of scientists agree that global warming is real, it’s already happening and that it is the result of our activities and not a natural occurrence. The evidence is overwhelming and undeniable.

We’re already seeing changes. Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being forced from their habitat, and the number of severe storms and droughts is increasing.

氣溫上升預期的效應

	全球暖化將加強颶風的強度。過去數十年來，全球四和五級颶風的數量幾乎加倍。由於海洋的溫度增高，熱帶暴風雨將吸收更多能量，威力也會變得更強。
	1978至今，北極冰圈以每十年約百分之九的速度縮小。

	超級暴風雨在某些地區造成嚴重水災，其它地區的旱災和林火則會增加。
	2003年，熱浪在歐洲造成3萬人喪生，並在印度造成1千5百人喪命。
	過去50年來，全球平均氣溫以有史以來最快的速度持續上升。
	超級暴風雨在某些地區造成嚴重水災，其它地區的旱災和林火則會增加。
	珊瑚礁及高山草原等生態棲息地將遭到嚴重破壞，使得許多動植物面臨絕種的危機。

	The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.
	Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea level.
	The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has more than doubled over the past decade.
	At least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.

If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences.

	Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years -- to 300,000 people a year.
	Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.
	Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense.
	Droughts and wildfires will occur more often.
	The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by 2050.
	More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.

我們能做什麼？

使用高效率能源、再生能源以及節約能源等全新政策都是解決全球暖化的方法。許多科技早就已經存在，可以用來解決全球暖化的問題。可以立即採取的行動包括全世界都同意製造二氧化碳排放量低的汽車，省電的電器用品以及節約能源。

人也可以減低他們排放的溫室氣體量，達到立即的成效。

各大廠商已經開始設法減低二氧化碳排放量，同時達到省錢的目的，但是開發新技術仍有很大的潛力。

研發並提供全新的乾淨能源技術，例如風力發電、太陽能發電、油電混合引擎以及另類燃料，都將能改善全球暖化的現象。

There is no doubt we can solve this problem. In fact, we have a moral obligation to do so. Small changes to your daily routine can add up to big differences in helping to stop global warming. The time to come together to solve this problem is now – TAKE ACTION


REDUCE YOUR IMPACT AT HOME

Most emissions from homes are from the fossil fuels burned to generate electricity and heat. By using energy more efficiently at home, you can reduce your emissions and lower your energy bills by more than 30%.