As a new survey reports, more people are less likely to believe in global warming than ever before. There was a steady drop over the past year in people who say they believe in the issue of climate change, 35% believe in it today which is down from 44% in April 2008. So, with increasing reports of it being a real global issue, are less people likely to believe in it? The first question is whether the lack of media attention in recent months has caused people to believe that it's no longer an issue. In a survey of 1,5000 adults reached on cell phones and landlines, 57% of them believe that there is solid evidence that the climate is warming but in April 2008, 70%+ people believed that there was evidence that global temperatures were rising. The second predicament that many may be taking into account is whether people have simply changed their mind about global warming from it being a man-made problem to a natural occurrence in the world. Personally, I think that while man-made problems may be influencing global climates that the issue of global warming isn't as immediate as people first were led to believe. I think that may be an opinion of many people that while the earth is warming and gradually the climates are changing that it's not a completely man-made error against nature nor is it happening as fast as people were once led to believe. There was once a sense of fear that was instilled in people that if global warming wasn't addressed that within a decade the world would be in complete turmoil. I discredit this theory and perhaps many other people do as well. As the reports show, clearly people still believe that global warming is a possibility but the hysteria has died down and perhaps that's why more people have changed their views about it.Friday, October 23, 2009
Popular Opinion on Global Warming
As a new survey reports, more people are less likely to believe in global warming than ever before. There was a steady drop over the past year in people who say they believe in the issue of climate change, 35% believe in it today which is down from 44% in April 2008. So, with increasing reports of it being a real global issue, are less people likely to believe in it? The first question is whether the lack of media attention in recent months has caused people to believe that it's no longer an issue. In a survey of 1,5000 adults reached on cell phones and landlines, 57% of them believe that there is solid evidence that the climate is warming but in April 2008, 70%+ people believed that there was evidence that global temperatures were rising. The second predicament that many may be taking into account is whether people have simply changed their mind about global warming from it being a man-made problem to a natural occurrence in the world. Personally, I think that while man-made problems may be influencing global climates that the issue of global warming isn't as immediate as people first were led to believe. I think that may be an opinion of many people that while the earth is warming and gradually the climates are changing that it's not a completely man-made error against nature nor is it happening as fast as people were once led to believe. There was once a sense of fear that was instilled in people that if global warming wasn't addressed that within a decade the world would be in complete turmoil. I discredit this theory and perhaps many other people do as well. As the reports show, clearly people still believe that global warming is a possibility but the hysteria has died down and perhaps that's why more people have changed their views about it.
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Great thoughtful commentary Sam. Can you post the map showing the actual temperature over time of the planet Earth?
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