The first presentation is given by Bill Nye.

He quickly grabs his audience's attention by challenging them to change the world . He then begins talking about the planet !ars. He brings up some tables with data showing how significantly thin the martian atmosphere is. This appeals to the logos and ethos as it begins to increase his credibility and begins to set up the logic behind his argument. He uses this data to show how the amount of carbon dio"ide in the #arth's atmosphere has increased significantly since the late $%&'s. He then moves on to talking about the planet (enus. He e"plains that the earliest people e"amining climate change first looked at (enus as an e"ample. He talks about (enus's atmosphere and how thick it is. The data shows that (enus's atmosphere is about ninety times as thick as #arth's and the planet is incredibly hot. He uses both (enus and !ars to show two e"treme e"amples of climate change to make a logical appeal as to why focusing on #arth's climate change is important. He then changes the focus to #arth and mentions how thin our atmosphere is relatively. Then he begins to talk about the population of #arth. He shows data from the latest census saying that there are roughly seven billion people in the world. His point in showing this data is that the thin atmosphere combined with the seven billion people trying to make a living is what's causing such radical climate change. Then he brings up the famous hockey stick graph which shows the #arth's temperature fluctuations over a period of one thousand years. The graph reenforces his point that the average temperature has been going up at an alarming rate in the past few decades. His speech then takes a turn to e"plaining what the ne"t logical steps are to change the world . He begins back talking about )ick *malley+ the first person to begin the idea of carbon nanotubes. Bill focuses on )ick's main idea that we have to do more with less. He uses the fact that in ,hina almost every apartment building has a solar water heater. He increases his credibility by showing a picture of his house which is entirely covered in solar panels and solar lighting devices. He concludes his speech by mentioning all the cra-y future ideas for resolving climate change. He mentions that only one of the ideas could possibly work+ but his main point is that this sort of futuristic thinking is what the planet needs. Bill Nye's argument is very well put together. He makes many logical arguments about climate change and backs them up with data and e"plains the data simplistically so that the audience can fully understand his logic. He fully establishes his credibility as well. To begin with+ he's Bill Nye the science guy+ so his repuation immediately gives him enough credibility. #ven with that he furthers his credibility by having statistics to back up his points+ and showing e"amples from his personal life that he fully believes in what he's arguing for. He does not make very many appeals to people's emotions+ he sometimes would use popular bands from the time periods he referenced+ or mention a childhood game to e"plain a point+ making the audience reminisce about childhood+ but that was .ust about the only pathos appeal he made. Bill committed very few fallacies throughout his speech. The biggest one he commits is that while talking about the people who try to oppose that climate change is real+ he ends up talking about them as if they are less intellectual and makes it sound like they are .ust too dumb to understand. This is an attack trying to discredit the opponent+ not discrediting their view. Beyond that the only other small fallacy he commits is that at times he tells stories that do not have much to do with his point+ which could somewhat be classified as a red herring. The second presentation is given by /r. *usan Tierney. Her speech also is arguing in favor of resolving climate changing and using alternate forms of energy to do so. *he opens with a bit of a pathos appeal by showing a family photo from when she was a small child. *he tells a story about how she lived in southern ,alifornia back before there were many environmental protection laws. *he talks about how on certain days the mountains were entirely concealed by smog and always baffled her as a child. *he then begins her argument by showing that over the decades we have increased the amount of profit that is made per BT0 of energy. *he e"plains that because of this fact+ investing into technology for using alternate sources of energy would not cost nearly as much as it would have a few years ago+ and she shows that the 0.*. has been increasing production in four different alternate sources of energy. *he also shows that oil costs a significant amount more of people's household incomes compared to all other sources of energy. *he moves on to show the frightening rate of

increase of the amount of carbon dio"ide in the atmosphere. *he specifically mentions that the 0.*. up until 1''2 was by far the largest producer of carbon dio"ide into the atmosphere. *he then gives a ton of data and charts showing the increases in weather disasters and all the new record heats that were set across the 0.*. *he concludes by giving a few points of what needs to be done for the future. *he says that the 0.* needs to increase efficiency of energy use+ we need to increase investment into low3carbon energy sources+ and that we need to increase electricity use but while using low3carbon sources. /r. Tierney also makes a solid argument for resolving climate change by using alternate sources of energy. *he develops a very logical argument by using economic data to back up her statements. *he had a chart or a graph for almost every point she made. 4s for her credibility and ethos appeals+ the fact that she has a 5hd immediately gives her a good amount of credibility+ but she adds to it with all of the data she has. *he makes a few pathos appeals as well. Her story at the beginning about her childhood almost makes the audience imagine a small child growing up in some strange world coated in smog. *he also uses the audience's emotions of fear when she talks about the increase in natural disasters and how some power plants are vulnerable to rising sea levels. *he also committed very few fallacies. 6ne of the biggest things is that she does not address any opposing ideas in her presentation+ which somewhat distracts the audience from the fact that there are opposing points.