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Essay / For the Love of Life: A Comparison Between Wilson and Uconn
For example, at one point in the graphic novel, Jensen and McMillan depict a dark-haired girl curled up in the fetal position saying, "We will go quietly, obediently, until the end of the world, if only you would allow us to believe that buying energy-efficient light bulbs will save us” (Jensen and McMillan, 128) This image and message is dark and unencouraging. Additionally, after ridiculing various ways to help save the planet, such as recycling, carpooling, and reducing energy consumption, Jensen and McMillan state: Total carbon emissions for the United States are rising at 7.1 billion tonnes. If every man, woman and child did all this. the things on the movie's list—and you know there's precisely zero chance that every man, woman, and child in the United States would do that... That would only represent about a 21 percent reduction in emissions of carbon. And as total carbon emissions increase by about 2% per year, all of this reduction would disappear in about… (Jensen and McMillan,