The anthropogenic global warming hysterics always talk about consensus. Well, how’s this?
A new poll suggests that Americans, preoccupied with the economy, are less worried about rising global temperatures than they were a year ago but remain concerned with solving the nation’s energy problems.
The findings are somewhat at odds with President Obama, who has put a high priority on staving off global warming and vowed Tuesday in his Inaugural Address to “roll back the specter of a warming planet.â€
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In the poll, released Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, global warming came in last among 20 voter concerns; it trailed issues like addressing moral decline and decreasing the influence of lobbyists. Only 30 percent of the voters deemed global warming to be “a top priority,†compared with 35 percent in 2008.
That’s consensus. People just do not care that much, and more and more people are realizing what a load of bunk AGW is. They realize they have been conned. They realize that the people who push AGW fail to live the lives they say everyone should live. “Give up my SUV? But, I have to get the kids to soccer practice! The government should Do Something!”
And, yes, people do have more important concerns at this time, which can decrease their concern with AGW. The Times provides all the spin necessary. But, it is kinda hard for most people to get excited about a made up issue that, if addressed, would raise their cost of living and force them to change their lifestyles by government decree.
The declining interest in global warming and other environmental issues might be unsurprising at a time when Americans face far more imminent threats to their jobs and homes. “Strengthening the nation’s economy†was the top-ranked concern of voters in the Pew poll. A relatively cool year and a harsh winter in North America and Europe have not helped, inspiring some commentators and a small cluster of scientists to make skeptical remarks about “global cooling.â€
Which flies in the face of no warming since 1998, and several years of cooling temps, not to mention that 31,000 American scientists have signed a petition stating that AGW is bunk, as well as 650 international scientists joining a Senate minority report stating AGW is bunk. That is a “small cluster of scientists.” Glad the Times can tell us the truth. Which should be another hint for the AGW Believers that they are being spun.
PS: just for clarity, I am concerned about the environment sliding down from 56% in 2008 to 41% in this poll, but, one thing about that is that AGW has been linked with environmentalism that with one sliding, the other will.
