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[marmar]

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March 11, 2010 6:31 PM
Poll: Americans More Skeptical About Global Warming

Posted by Spencer Magloff


Americans are now almost evenly split over what they believe to be the major contributor to global warming, according to a new Gallup Poll released Thursday.

Fifty percent of respondents believe human activities are causing a rise in the earth's temperature, while 46 percent say the rise is due to natural causes. Gallup reports that as early as 2003, 61 percent of Americans believed global warming was due to human activities and 33 percent to natural causes.

"Most Gallup measures up to 2008 had shown increasing concern over global warming on the part of the average American, in line with what one might have expected given the high level of publicity on the topic," Gallup said in its release about the poll. "But the public opinion tide turned in 2009, when several Gallup measures showed a slight retreat in public concern about global warming. This year, the downturn is even more pronounced."

The poll also found that Americans are becoming increasingly skeptical over the existence of global warming and how much of a threat it poses, despite the overwhelming scientific consensus that man-made global warming is real and poses significant challenges. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20000326-503544.html

[xchrom]

1. Boy is that stupid. Nt

[zappaman]

2. global warning is a hoax

it's been really cold lately.
if that doesn't prove it, nothing does...

[northofdenali]

4. Better add your "sarcasm" smiley................

cuz some won't get it!

It's been WARM here, though, a very, very warm winter for Interior Alaska. And very low snowfall this year. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

[me b zola]

3. Sadly, I have come to believe that we are "doomed" as a nation

Ignorance, stupidity, and hatred have come to define us as a nation. The thinking population is drowned out by the stupid & ignorant who blindly follow the crap that is fed to us through the media and consumerism. I have been guilty of ignorance and stupidity in the past, but waking up is of little consolation when reality is so ugly to look at. The saddest part is seeing us export our worst characteristics to the rest of the world, and seeing them being slowly infected by it. Goodness help us all.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

5. I agree.

[daleo]

7. I hope things improve

But your scenario does ring true.

[mwrguy]

6. But they still believe in an imaginary friend in the sky

Yay Amerika

[upi402]

8. I've seen it -and got back into fighting it again

It's all over the place! Work, neighbors, the internets.... unreal. I went years ignoring them, but it's getting out of hand. I had to step into the quicksand again.

[MellowDem]

9. Ask them again in the summer... nt