Al Gore talks about global warming and how it is becoming a big problem not only nationally but internationally. What convinced me were all the facts used that had conflicting reasons that directly supported his argument that something needs to be done to help save the earth we live on. He explains that before we weren't very sure whether this global warming was real or not. In the past we have experienced resorting to ignorance thinking that global warming wasn't true because it hadn't been proven to be true. Now, with all the scientific facts and experience, such as rising water from melting ice sheets, we realize the reality that global warming is real. During Al Gore's viewing of the polar bear being forced into the water due to the breaking ice, I have the feeling that the appeal for pity for the polar bear was used to try to convince the audience of his argument. Al Gore uses arguments linked to the incident of Hurricane Katrina forming over Florida. He explained that global warming has caused the water in the gulf to warm, and as water temperatures have increased, wind speeds have increased and humidity has increased. After Katrina formed over Florida, it passed over the gulf and picked up energy from the warm temperature, increased wind speed and humidity which then caused a catastrophic disaster that hit New York.