Some think that documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth are just preaching to the converted. Are people not watching these movies? Most would rather see Kevin Costner play a war hero than watch Al Gore’s film. How can we gather the collective together and educate the masses without boring them? The proposition is a daunting one.
It is thought that the next Nobel Prize will go to someone who solves the environmental problem of global warming. On NPR today, they were discussing this notion of bracing for a change in climate on the islands of Fuji. More and more, climate change is in the news. It was reported last week that according to the EPA, the Robert W. Scherer Power Plant near Macon, Ga., emits more carbon dioxide than any other power plant in the United States. It’s no secret. The government has known this for years.
I have created this weblog as a means of zeroing in on the “doing” of science and the debate over climate change and global warming in a politicoscientific way while speaking of matters of fact versus matters of concern. My project is the final assignment for Dr. Michael Flower’s “Science: Power-Knowledge” course (Spring 2007) at PSU.
Bruno Latour
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