http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/5400
1. The pseudo-intellectuals fell for it because none of them ever cracked a science book.
2. The policy wonks fell for it because it gave the government more control.
3. The bleeding hearts fell for it because they always want to save the Earth.
4. The communists fell for it because it portrayed capitalists as destroying the Earth to make money.
5. The capitalists fell for it because they saw a new way to make money.
6. The Hollywood crowd fell for it because it made their pampered lives seem to have a meaning and purpose.
7. The newspapers fell for it because it was new.
8. The teachers fell for it because it was a new thing to teach the children to teach their parents.
9. The children fell for it because they wanted to show how well they are doing in school.
10. The parents fell for it because they wanted their children were doing so well in school and they wanted to be supportive.
11. The utility companies fell or it because they can raise rates.
12. The Nobel Peace Prize committee fell for it because Al Gore should have won in 2000.
13. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences fell for it because Al Gore should have won in 2000.
14. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys) fell for it because Al Gore should have won in 2000.
15. The 30,000 scientists fell for it because while it was not in their field of study, they wanted to be supportive of science.
Another reason is people tend to see their generation or time as more significant than actually it is. That's why people like Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts win the “Best Actors of the 20th Century” contest and other such nonsense. The majority voting never heard of Sir Lawrence Olivier or Richard Burton, for example. I call this Chronoism or Temporism. Bias to ones’ own time.
Anyway, people have always enjoyed a good conspiracy or disaster story. The threat makes them feel more significant than they are.
Sen Inhofe on Fox...and he has been in copenhagen...so we likely will hear about the Global Warming Scam...