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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue |
Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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08 Apr 2006 02:35:06 AM |
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"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a poll.
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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08 Apr 2006 01:21:38 PM |
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a poll.
Exactly.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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08 Apr 2006 07:06:05 PM |
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took was a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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08 Apr 2006 07:27:13 PM |
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On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:06:05 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took was a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a
poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took was
a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
Exaclty. If I can't see the effects of global warming right in front of me,
it must not exist. Thanks for pointing that out.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a
poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took was
a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
Exaclty. If I can't see the effects of global warming right in front of me,
it must not exist. Thanks for pointing that out.
There is the opposite perception of seeing the effects of global
warming in every geophysical or climatological anomaly that comes
along. Too much snow? Global Warming. Not enough rain? Global Warming.
Too many Hurricanes? GW. Frogs dying in Borneo? GW. There is the
fallacy of seeing the world through CO2 colored glasses.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch
in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special
section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat
in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried
about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage
saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of
life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to
other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about
global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a
list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of
Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical
rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks
lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national
sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try
to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a
poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took
was
a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
Exaclty. If I can't see the effects of global warming right in front of
me,
it must not exist. Thanks for pointing that out.
There is the opposite perception of seeing the effects of global
warming in every geophysical or climatological anomaly that comes
along. Too much snow? Global Warming. Not enough rain? Global Warming.
Too many Hurricanes? GW. Frogs dying in Borneo? GW. There is the
fallacy of seeing the world through CO2 colored glasses.
Exactly. I don't really think our emissions have had ANY effect on the
climate. In fact, I don't think emissions even exist. After all, I can SEE
the emissions. I can't SEE any hole in the ozone layer with my naked eye.
Open and shut case. Climatological disasters are just God's way of testing
us. And thoese 95% of scientists who believe in global warming really need
to read the Bible more often.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:46:42 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
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On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch
in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special
section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat
in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried
about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage
saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of
life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to
other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about
global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a
list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of
Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical
rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks
lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national
sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try
to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a
poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took
was
a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
Exaclty. If I can't see the effects of global warming right in front of
me,
it must not exist. Thanks for pointing that out.
There is the opposite perception of seeing the effects of global
warming in every geophysical or climatological anomaly that comes
along. Too much snow? Global Warming. Not enough rain? Global Warming.
Too many Hurricanes? GW. Frogs dying in Borneo? GW. There is the
fallacy of seeing the world through CO2 colored glasses.
Exactly. I don't really think our emissions have had ANY effect on the
climate. In fact, I don't think emissions even exist. After all, I can SEE
the emissions. I can't SEE any hole in the ozone layer with my naked eye.
Open and shut case. Climatological disasters are just God's way of testing
us. And thoese 95% of scientists who believe in global warming really need
to read the Bible more often.
Strangely enough the Bible folks are also into GW. The Evangelicals
see Global Warming as punishment for mans sins such as Abortion and
homosexuality. Not much different than the position of most
ecologists. The only difference is the nature of the sins.
"Three out of four evangelicals support environmental issues and two
thirds are convinced that global warming is actually taking place."
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2358/section/global.warming.spotlight.heats.up.evangelicals.speak.out/1.htm
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/14219500.htm?source=rss&channel=kentucky_religion
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060410/10warming.htm
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
.
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On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:46:42 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net>
wrote:
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch
in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special
section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious
threat
in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been
at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried
about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global
warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans,
58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural
cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great
deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage
saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of
life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded
in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has
dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has
shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to
other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about
global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a
list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of
Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical
rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks
lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national
sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must
try
to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform
success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose
Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because
it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a
poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took
was
a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
Exaclty. If I can't see the effects of global warming right in front of
me,
it must not exist. Thanks for pointing that out.
There is the opposite perception of seeing the effects of global
warming in every geophysical or climatological anomaly that comes
along. Too much snow? Global Warming. Not enough rain? Global Warming.
Too many Hurricanes? GW. Frogs dying in Borneo? GW. There is the
fallacy of seeing the world through CO2 colored glasses.
Exactly. I don't really think our emissions have had ANY effect on the
climate. In fact, I don't think emissions even exist. After all, I can SEE
the emissions. I can't SEE any hole in the ozone layer with my naked eye.
Open and shut case. Climatological disasters are just God's way of testing
us. And thoese 95% of scientists who believe in global warming really need
to read the Bible more often.
Strangely enough the Bible folks are also into GW. The Evangelicals
see Global Warming as punishment for mans sins such as Abortion and
homosexuality. Not much different than the position of most
ecologists. The only difference is the nature of the sins.
"Three out of four evangelicals support environmental issues and two
thirds are convinced that global warming is actually taking place."
Really! Powerful stuff. It is also interesting that those conservative
bible-thumping states are also experiencing tornadoes, hurricanes, and
floods. I guess God must be choosing the wrong states to punish.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2358/section/global.warming.spotlight.heats.up.evangelicals.speak.out/1.htm
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/14219500.htm?source=rss&channel=kentucky_religion
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060410/10warming.htm
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
.
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:01:31 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
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wrote:
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch
in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special
section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious
threat
in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been
at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried
about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global
warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans,
58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural
cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great
deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage
saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of
life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded
in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has
dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has
shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to
other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about
global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a
list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of
Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical
rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks
lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national
sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must
try
to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform
success
is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose
Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because
it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of
trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain
Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a
poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took
was
a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
Exaclty. If I can't see the effects of global warming right in front of
me,
it must not exist. Thanks for pointing that out.
There is the opposite perception of seeing the effects of global
warming in every geophysical or climatological anomaly that comes
along. Too much snow? Global Warming. Not enough rain? Global Warming.
Too many Hurricanes? GW. Frogs dying in Borneo? GW. There is the
fallacy of seeing the world through CO2 colored glasses.
Exactly. I don't really think our emissions have had ANY effect on the
climate. In fact, I don't think emissions even exist. After all, I can SEE
the emissions. I can't SEE any hole in the ozone layer with my naked eye.
Open and shut case. Climatological disasters are just God's way of testing
us. And thoese 95% of scientists who believe in global warming really need
to read the Bible more often.
Strangely enough the Bible folks are also into GW. The Evangelicals
see Global Warming as punishment for mans sins such as Abortion and
homosexuality. Not much different than the position of most
ecologists. The only difference is the nature of the sins.
"Three out of four evangelicals support environmental issues and two
thirds are convinced that global warming is actually taking place."
Really! Powerful stuff. It is also interesting that those conservative
bible-thumping states are also experiencing tornadoes, hurricanes, and
floods. I guess God must be choosing the wrong states to punish.
This kind of weather isn't exactly new.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2358/section/global.warming.spotlight.heats.up.evangelicals.speak.out/1.htm
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/14219500.htm?source=rss&channel=kentucky_religion
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060410/10warming.htm
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"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
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Captain Compassion wrote:
On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:06:05 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:06 GMT, "ehollo" <ehollo@verizon.net> wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
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Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it
takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Well, gee, then global warming must not exist. And all it took was a poll.
Exactly.
So then President Bush must also be a horrible president. All it took was a
poll.
Funny how those icecaps keep melting. And funny how the majority of
Americans don't know that California used to belong to Mexico.
So, then it must be true. Exaclty.
Perception is reality eh?
According to George Berkeley it is - "esse es percipi". His ideas seemed
outlandish to many...until string theory came along.
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07 Apr 2006 09:52:49 PM |
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
Are those the same Americans who think God (TM) created the
world in six days six thousand years ago? And think the Sun
goes around the Earth? It's a good thing science isn't a
question of popular opinion.
--Jeff
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fired a shot nor heard the shrieks
and groans of the wounded who cry
aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
desolation. War is hell.
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No, it's that most Americans see this monumental lunacy for what it
is--another way to whip up a meaningless frenzy. You can post a zillion
facts about the climate changing, which is happening, just like it's been
doing without letup for the past 4.5 billion years.
But blaming it on humans is downright silly. Reputable expert sources,
defined as those without a vested interest in the global warming nonsense,
say that we could stop ALL human activity and it would not even make the
climate blink.
And the global warming alarmists have created their own religion, just as
radial.
"Jeffrey Turner" <jturner@localnet.com> wrote in message
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Captain Compassion wrote:
Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
Are those the same Americans who think God (TM) created the
world in six days six thousand years ago? And think the Sun
goes around the Earth? It's a good thing science isn't a
question of popular opinion.
--Jeff
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It is only those who have neither
fired a shot nor heard the shrieks
and groans of the wounded who cry
aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
desolation. War is hell.
--William Tecumseh Sherman
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08 Apr 2006 08:58:07 PM |
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bob9 wrote:
No, it's that most Americans see this monumental lunacy for what it
is--another way to whip up a meaningless frenzy. You can post a zillion
facts about the climate changing, which is happening, just like it's been
doing without letup for the past 4.5 billion years.
But blaming it on humans is downright silly. Reputable expert sources,
defined as those without a vested interest in the global warming nonsense,
say that we could stop ALL human activity and it would not even make the
climate blink.
And the global warming alarmists have created their own religion, just as
radial.
Can you see your large intestine yet?
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
--Jeff
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It is only those who have neither
fired a shot nor heard the shrieks
and groans of the wounded who cry
aloud for blood, more vengeance, more
desolation. War is hell.
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08 Apr 2006 12:22:53 AM |
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On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:52:49 -0400, Jeffrey Turner
<jturner@localnet.com> wrote:
Captain Compassion wrote:
Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
Are those the same Americans who think God (TM) created the
world in six days six thousand years ago? And think the Sun
goes around the Earth? It's a good thing science isn't a
question of popular opinion.
--Jeff
It was my understanding that the Evangelicals were getting behind GW.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/14219500.htm?source=rss&channel=kentucky_religion
A belief in God and Global Warming both require a leap of faith so why
not.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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Most probably because the current pissant-in-chief is keeping the truth
from them, he's going to have a lot to answer for, when a lot of
coastal property becomes waterlogged.
Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 6, 2006; A27
Scientists doing climate research for the federal government say the
Bush administration has made it hard for them to speak forthrightly to
the public about global warming. The result, the researchers say, is a
danger that Americans are not getting the full story on how the climate
is changing.
Employees and contractors working for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, along with a U.S. Geological Survey
scientist working at an NOAA lab, said in interviews that over the past
year administration officials have chastised them for speaking on
policy questions; removed references to global warming from their
reports, news releases and conference Web sites; investigated news
leaks; and sometimes urged them to stop speaking to the media
altogether. Their accounts indicate that the ideological battle over
climate-change research, which first came to light at NASA, is being
fought in other federal science agencies as well.
These scientists -- working nationwide in research centers in such
places as Princeton, N.J., and Boulder, Colo. -- say they are required
to clear all media requests with administration officials, something
they did not have to do until the summer of 2004. Before then, point
climate researchers -- unlike staff members in the Justice or State
departments, which have long-standing policies restricting access to
reporters -- were relatively free to discuss their findings without
strict agency oversight.
"There has been a change in how we're expected to interact with the
press," said Pieter Tans, who measures greenhouse gases linked to
global warming and has worked at NOAA's Earth System Research
Laboratory in Boulder for two decades. He added that although he often
"ignores the rules" the administration has instituted, when it comes to
his colleagues, "some people feel intimidated -- I see that."
Christopher Milly, a hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, said he
had problems twice while drafting news releases on scientific papers
describing how climate change would affect the nation's water supply.
Once in 2002, Milly said, Interior officials declined to issue a news
release on grounds that it would cause "great problems with the
department." In November 2005, they agreed to issue a release on a
different climate-related paper, Milly said, but "purged key words from
the releases, including 'global warming,' 'warming climate' and
'climate change.' "
Administration officials said they are following long-standing policies
that were not enforced in the past. Kent Laborde, a NOAA public affairs
officer who flew to Boulder last month to monitor an interview Tans did
with a film crew from the BBC, said he was helping facilitate meetings
between scientists and journalists.
"We've always had the policy, it just hasn't been enforced," Laborde
said. "It's important that the leadership knows something is coming out
in the media, because it has a huge impact. The leadership needs to
know the tenor or the tone of what we expect to be printed or
broadcast."
Several times, however, agency officials have tried to alter what these
scientists tell the media. When Tans was helping to organize the
Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference near Boulder last fall,
his lab director told him participants could not use the term "climate
change" in conference paper's titles and abstracts. Tans and others
disregarded that advice.
None of the scientists said political appointees had influenced their
research on climate change or disciplined them for questioning the
administration. Indeed, several researchers have received bigger
budgets in recent years because President Bush has focused on studying
global warming rather than curbing greenhouse gases. NOAA's budget for
climate research and services is now $250 million, up from $241 million
in 2004.
The assertion that climate scientists are being censored first surfaced
in January when James Hansen, who directs NASA's Goddard Institute for
Space Studies, told the New York Times and The Washington Post that the
administration sought to muzzle him after he gave a lecture in December
calling for cuts in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases. (NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin issued new rules recently
that make clear that its scientists are free to talk to members of the
media about their scientific findings and to express personal
interpretations of those findings.
Two weeks later, Hansen suggested to an audience at the New School
University in New York that his counterparts at NOAA were experiencing
even more severe censorship. "It seems more like Nazi Germany or the
Soviet Union than the United States," he told the crowd.
NOAA Administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. responded by sending an
agency-wide e-mail that said he is "a strong believer in open,
peer-reviewed science as well as the right and duty of scientists to
seek the truth and to provide the best scientific advice possible."
"I encourage our scientists to speak freely and openly," he added. "We
ask only that you specify when you are communicating personal views and
when you are characterizing your work as part of your specific
contribution to NOAA's mission."
NOAA scientists, however, cite repeated instances in which the
administration played down the threat of climate change in their
documents and news releases. Although Bush and his top advisers have
said that Earth is warming and human activity has contributed to this,
they have questioned some predictions and caution that mandatory limits
on carbon dioxide could damage the nation's economy.
In 2002, NOAA agreed to draft a report with Australian researchers
aimed at helping reef managers deal with widespread coral bleaching
that stems from higher sea temperatures. A March 2004 draft report had
several references to global warming, including "Mass bleaching . . .
affects reefs at regional to global scales, and has incontrovertibly
linked to increases in sea temperature associated with global change."
A later version, dated July 2005, drops those references and several
others mentioning climate change.
NOAA has yet to release the report on coral bleaching. James R.
Mahoney, assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere,
said he decided in late 2004 to delay the report because "its
scientific basis was so inadequate." Now that it is revised, he said,
he is waiting for the Australian Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority to approve it. "I just did not think it was ready for prime
time," Mahoney said. "It was not just about climate change -- there
were a lot of things."
On other occasions, Mahoney and other NOAA officials have told
researchers not to give their opinions on policy matters. Konrad
Steffen directs the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, a joint
NOAA-university institute with a $40 million annual budget. Steffen
studies the Greenland ice sheet, and when his work was cited last
spring in a major international report on climate change in the Arctic,
he and another NOAA lab director from Alaska received a call from
Mahoney in which he told them not to give reporters their opinions on
global warming.
Steffen said that he told him that although Mahoney has considerable
leverage as "the person in command for all research money in NOAA . . .
I was not backing down."
Mahoney said he had "no recollection" of the conversation, which took
place in a conference call. "It's virtually inconceivable that I would
have called him about this," Mahoney said, though he added: "For those
who are government employees, our position is they should not typically
render a policy view."
Tans, whose interviews with the BBC crew were monitored by Laborde,
said Laborde has not tried to interfere with the interviews. But Tans
said he did not understand why he now needs an official "minder" from
Washington to observe his discussions with the media. "It used to be we
could say, 'Okay, you're welcome to come in, let's talk,' " he said.
"There was never anything of having to ask permission of anybody."
The need for clearance from Washington, several NOAA scientists said,
amounts to a "pocket veto" allowing administration officials to block
interviews by not giving permission in time for journalists' deadlines.
Ronald Stouffer, a climate research scientist at NOAA's Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, estimated his media requests
have dropped in half because it took so long to get clearance to talk
from NOAA headquarters. Thomas Delworth, one of Stouffer's colleagues,
said the policy means Americans have only "a partial sense" of what
government scientists have learned about climate change.
"American taxpayers are paying the bill, and they have a right to know
what we're doing," he said.
Researcher Eddy Palanzo contributed to this report.
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The real truth is that there is nothing that anyone can do about it anyway!.
Normal cycle of the environment of the planet.
"Captain Compassion" <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:hc1e3292nq92soqcr7iloo67vnb1guaj8g@4ax.com...
Gallup: Most Americans Don't See Global Warming as Urgent Issue
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002313671
By E&P Staff
Published: April 07, 2006 10:20 AM ET
NEW YORK With warnings about global warming reaching a fever pitch in
recent weeks--Vanity Fair is about to come out with a special section
featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts on its cover--most
Americans are convinced that the Earth is being affected, but they
have still not grown urgently concerned about it, according to a
Gallup poll released today.
Only one in three predict global warming will pose a serious threat in
their lifetimes.
Contrary to what one might expect, Gallup found that while public
concern is higher than in 2004, it is "no higher than it has been at
several points in the past." In fact, Americans are more worried about
water pollution, air pollution, and toxic waste than global warming.
This comes despite the fact that a record number of Americans, 58%,
believe a climate change as a result of global warming has already
begun, and is the result of man-made operations, not natural cycles.
Gallup found that only 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal
about "the greenhouse effect" or global warming. The percentage saying
global warming will "pose a serious threat to you or your way of life
in your lifetime" is now 35%, just two points above that recorded in
2002.
"Since 1999, Republicans' level of worry about the issue has dipped
noticeably," Gallup reports, "while worry among Democrats has shown
less change."
And Gallup observes: "Despite the increased concern about global
warming this year, the issue still has a low ranking relative to other
environmental problems, many of which also rose as public concerns
since 2004. Since Gallup started measuring public concern about global
warming in 1989, the issue has always placed near the bottom of a list
of 10 environmental issues rated. Water pollution and toxic waste
contamination lead the list this year, with more than 50% of Americans
highly concerned about these. Air pollution and loss of tropical rain
forests also rank higher than global warming. Acid rain ranks lower."
These results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample
of 1,000 adults, conducted March 13-16, 2006.
--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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08 Apr 2006 10:46:12 PM |
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In article <1pYZf.549$fG3.39@dukeread09>,
"Get a Life" <getalife@papernapkin.net> wrote:
The real truth is that there is nothing that anyone can do about it anyway!.
Normal cycle of the environment of the planet.
The evidence that this is not a normal cycle of the planet
is overwhelming. The present warming trend is induced by
human activity. Previous warming cycles had other causes.
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08 Apr 2006 11:24:31 PM |
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"The evidence that this is not a normal cycle of the planet
is overwhelming."
Only in the mind of the True Believer who finds evidence to support his
position.
Earth's climate has been radically changing for 4.5 billion years.
Suddenly it stopped changing, became stable, and now humans are causing it?
sheesh
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In article <1pYZf.549$fG3.39@dukeread09>,
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The real truth is th | | | |
