Monday, November 5, 2012

WP4 zero draft


The Inconvenient Realities of Climate Change
1.      Introduction
a.      Hook- Briefly describe the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” made by Al Gore. In this 2006 documentary  Gore flatly lays out the negative direction the world’s climate is heading in and predictions for the future.
b.      Thesis- Based on scientific evidence and data, what Gore was warning 6 years ago is coming true. With that said, I want to explore what impacts climate change will have on the average US citizen. This paper will also discover the causes of climate change and how its progress can be slowed.
c.      Implications- What direct impacts of climate change will affect US citizens? Will it really interfere with everyday life in America? If so, how can it be stopped?
2.      Climate Change from a historical context
a.      The idea that human being activity can affect the climate change is not new.
3.      The causes of Climate Change
a.      The activities that people do everyday that contribute to rising temperature is called your carbon footprint
4.      Climate Change today
a.      Climate change is reaching a tipping point where it can no longer be ignored
5.      Addressing the Skeptics
a.      There are a still a lot of people who still believe that climate change is a myth, and I will provide factual evidence that it is not.
6.      How can it be stopped
a.      There are many things an average US citizen can do to help reduce their carbon footprint
7.      Conclusion

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