Global Warming - Or how really really bad things are going to happen and how to stop them

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I designed this as a presentation to both middle schoolers and high schoolers in the spring of 2007. Please be aware that the information contained within is slightly outdated.

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Global WarmingHow really really bad things are going to happen and how to stop them.

Ben Guttmann

Earth

Venus

What's theBig Deal?

It's Getting Hotter

The five warmest years onrecord have been:

1. 20052. 19983. 20024. 20035. 2006

Source: EPA.gov

This is CausingBad Things

Melting IceCauses

Sea Level to Rise

How can westop this?

We have toreduce CO2emissions

66%

Less Energy

$30

Cheaper over the life of the bulbSource: Energystar.gov

Recycled aluminium cans take

95%less energy to produce than new cans.

Source: earth911.org

On average, your food travels over

1500 miles

Source: localharvest.org

One gallon of gasoline weighs

6 pounds

Source: hybridcars.com

But when burned, that produces

Of the greenhouse gas CO2

20 pounds

Al Gore's

An InconvenientTruth

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