Summary Of Time To Choose By Charles Ferguson

In “Time to Choose,” the director Charles Ferguson describes the consequences of human poor decisions on the destruction of mankind. Humans have been carelessly using inefficient energy sources such as coal and fossil fuels which can cause the destruction of earth. Charles Ferguson uses many authentic sources, scientific evidences, and a comparisons between Earth with human interactions and Earth after human interaction to help bolster his claim that humans need to switch to a cleaner and greener energy source: solar and wind energy. In the introduction of the documentary(0:00-9:08), the director presented various scenes of untinted nature. Some examples he put are the colorful coral reef with abundance of various aquatic species; a lush,

He showed the unpleasant conditions they’re working with and the poor equipment they are provided. Furthermore, he was able to record a mining accident where one unfortunate miner was killed. The director also had various witnesses to account for their experience in the mining field. The witnesses were censored due to the fear of speaking out in a place where coal production is a taboo to speak about due to oppression from the Chinese government. Many of those miner talk about how____________. Additionally, the directly uses many scientific evidence showing how miner’s health are affected. For example, the director states that_______ from _______. This shows that to additions of harmful effect, caused by inefficient energy source, to the planet earth, poor energy sources can also harm the health of worker directly. By emphasizing the struggles of these miner, the director makes the audience feel empathy to the worker and make them aware were they got the energy source. By knowing how they got the energy, the audience will began to question to change the energy source as it is by the blood and sweat of poor worker that they are able to get