TED 2009
Al Gore: What comes after An Inconvenient Truth?
Summary
The speaker is Al Gore who is a former Vice President of the United States and this is the third time for him to stand on TED talk. This time, he only explained the existing situation by using industry's ads.
Now, the biggest single cause of global warming is the burning of fossil fuels with deforestation. Oil is a problem but coal is the most serious problem.
Commercials have powers that attract people. He also uses his ads to tell the alternative plans, change people's thought and to gather new investments.
Words in this story
deforestation /de·for·est·sta·tion/ to cut down and clear away the trees or forests
existing /adj/ existence /noun/
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