Posted on 12/09/2019 7:36:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Americans remain shaky on the details of climate science even as they have grown increasingly concerned about human activity warming the Earth, according to a national poll by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) that probed the public’s understanding of climate change.
The rising alarm is one of the poll’s most dramatic findings. In just five years, the percentage of people calling climate change a “crisis” has jumped from 23 percent to 38 percent.
More than 3 in 4 U.S. adults and teenagers alike agree that humans are influencing the climate. The overwhelming majority of them said it’s not too late for society to come up with solutions, but a third of adults who say humans are causing climate change don’t think they can personally make a difference, the poll found.
Several experts on science communication said it’s not essential for people to know the precise details about climate change so long as they understand the gravity of the issue, the role of humans and the need to take action.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania, said, “If people have science-consistent attitudes and science-consistent actions, I don’t care what their knowledge is. The attitudes will drive policies, the actions will make contributions to fix things.”
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I need to go remove the muffler from my truck now...
“...they have grown increasingly concerned about human activity warming the Earth...”
Utter BS..............
The “details” are clear.
99.9% of the people in the world should live like cave-men, while the elites will pursue their destiny of expanding their carbon footprint.
“That” is “settled science”.
Fake news. If the climate science is settled, why are liberals having a hard time selling the public on their carbon reducing nostrums?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
Oh geez, no they don’t. This is so much bullpoop.
Take the catalytic converter off too if you really want to be a rebel. That’ll show ‘em. :-)
"Climate Experts" remain shaky on the details of climate science . .
That's better.
Oh yeah - thanks for the reminder! lol
Propaganda is designed to suppress or eliminate opposition.
The MSM is now Pravda for the DNC
Hmmmm. My utter concern is that there are people that are buying this crap. Humans are a pimple on muvver erf’s butt and when we’re all gone our presence will fade pretty quickly. The arrogance is astounding that we are the be all end all. Pffffttttttt! But that might just be me.
When it takes three journalists to pen a story, you know its hogwash.
Actually, when they start impeding my activities, then it will concern me.
They wont be fuzzy on the details when gasoline goes to 8 bucks a gallon and the electric bill hits 500 a month.
Taxes are soon to follow.
More than 3 in 4 U.S. adults and teenagers alike agree that humans are influencing the climate. The overwhelming majority of them said it’s not too late for
Note the use of TEENAGERS in the line
Nuff sed
Same with sexual identities.
Joe biteme Biden said that there are 3 but couldn’t name them
Expert Clymers
Agree....I just don’t think there are all that many who feel that “man-made global warming” is correct...The ones that DO think this way get ALL the coverage...It’s the same ones over and over and over...
Straight from the C_A news source.
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