The emotion banging in my head was anger. I was angry that we, humans are knowingly eliminating our own home we are living in. I was angry that the greed of minorities are not only shredding Earth to pieces but also tricking people to believe in the untrue.
The message of 'Age of Stupid' is simple. Fail to stop global warming now, no hope to saving life on Earth. 3 years more of what we do now, and our world's destruction status will be in an irreversible state. According to the film, the only way to stop the world from total destruction is to maintain the 2℃ limit of the average temperature on Earth. With this ceiling broken, there is no going back. The small effects of this 2℃ difference will bring the rise of the sea levels, the breakdown of the ozone layer, and eventually accelerating the process of global warming. The film predicts that the average temperature will rise by 6℃ soon after the 2℃ limit is broken. Ultimately, the world will fall well before people realize that it is really too late.
However, the seriousness of the situation is not only due to the factual information that the increase of 2℃ the world will be over. The real problems are mainly the reactions of people. The flick portrays how scientist are acting worldwide to give out warnings and how individuals are also working to spread ideas of using wind turbines and other renewable energy sources. Unfortunately, their works do not turn out so well. In the case where a town's people are going against a man's wind turbine, one of the protesters against the turbine says that she does care about global warming but she will win this fight against turbines. The town's arguments of disagreeing are these: 1. The turbine damages the view. 2. The house prices drop because of these turbines. This means that people are not acknowledging the severity of the status quo. While people are very much aware that global warming is happening, they are not seeing how deadly the results can be. The film states that mankind were brilliant at seeking benefits in front of themselves but they never were bright in looking at incidents in a longer perspective. So this means that people cannot help but to look into their advantages right in front of them. But also there actually is another reason why people are not being able to think for the environment.
Many governments, global organizations and companies(especially oil companies) are not willing to accept the severity of the problem. Like what the two links above show, the big and powerful are afraid that they will lose their power over the economy and the political system. Their current control over power are blinding them from reality, making them think as if everything is a game. Governments and global committees are changing their stances every time in order to seek benefits. Different communities have different views towards global warming. One says global warming is beneficial, that there is not much to worry. Others propose that global warming is serious that the government will work to stop the problems occurring. Moreover, companies are working to fake reports on global warming and climate change, to stop restrictions from taking away their profit. There are cases in the movie, which companies pay for the government and different political parties to change policies. Their willingness to accept their economic losses for the future do not exist at all. To sum up, the main problem of many organizations are these. First off, the authorities are not taking care of the problem. Second, these superpowers are confusing normal citizens on the regards of global warming. Like I have mentioned above, the people's uncaring of the status quo can be, in a way, due to the strong and influential, trying to deny the problems.
I feel anger. I feel rage towards the selfish, blind people thinking that it is okay to delay actions necessary to restore the ozone layer, stop the sea level from rising, help the extreme weather change go back to its normal state, and eventually saving Earth from becoming a dead, lifeless planet. I believe that with a bit of consciousness, it will be possible to save the future of the planet although we only have 3 years to count down. The only thing that has to be done is alarm the world not only on facts but on the severity of the status quo. It is needed to educate the people and the workers and the politicians. It is time for science to work on teaching people more than making theories. In a nut shell, this is how we should start as a tipping point in making a change.
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