My name is Griffin Benson, and I am a junior at
The documentary and the following you have created are upsetting. The facts that are brought from both sides are both circumstantial, and I think we can both agree with that. The problem is the blaming that is going on. The World public is being looked at as criminals in this supposed phenomenon. The people are being told everyday that we are destroying the environment with the carbon emissions that are created. Research shows that man-made emissions account for only 1-2% of carbon emission. The other 98% are created by natural causes. The most shocking article I have read in the last several months was that of John Christy, My Nobel Moment. Christy was a part of your somewhat controversial Nobel Prize. Christy is on the IPCC, and claims that many his colleagues disagree with the idea of global warming being a man-made issue. It makes me wonder if this Nobel Prize was a group effort, or an effort by less than half of the 1000 members on the IPCC.
This letter was not meant to be an attack on your views, but simply to ask for a response. I have found that trying to persuade those to change their views is a dead-end road. All that is being asked from you is to give some answers. I would like to receive, if possible, a response to my letter as it is a part of the assignment. I understand you are one of the busiest men alive, but if you do have a chance to write a response it would be greatly appreciated. Vice President Gore, your time has been greatly appreciated, and I look forward to the chance of receiving a response to my letter.
Regards,
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Griffin,
I like your letter to Al Gore. I think that Mr. Gore is a very smart man, but the questions that you pose to him are smart, and will make Mr. Gore have to think. I like how you let the people know that global warming is 98% natural reasons, and that 2% is attributed to the humans. I like at the end that you say you are not bashing his theorys, but you are just questioning it. I like your letter, and the general direction that your paper goes in.
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