Much to the irritation of those like Barry
“Almighty”, John Kerry-Heinz and, of course, Al Gore, Americans are simply not
all that bothered by global warming regardless of the nomenclature used to
describe it. Be it climate change,
climate disruption or whatever it is that those on the left choose to call
it. It would seem that they see any
number of other issues as being far more pressing. Most Americans agree that the climate may be changing,
but they say they are just not that worried about it. Because I’m sure they, unlike those on the
left, are smart enough to know that there ain’t squat they can do about it
anyway. And that is keeping the American
public from demanding and getting the changes that are necessary to prevent
global warming from reaching a crisis, at least according to climate and social
scientists.
As top-level international negotiations to try to
limit greenhouse gas emissions start later this month in Paris, it would seem
that at least two out of every three Americans accept global warming and the
vast majority of those say human activities may be at least part of the cause. However, fewer than one in four Americans are
extremely or very worried about it. And
while one out of three Americans admit to being moderately worried, the highest
percentage of Americans are neither too worried nor worried about it at all. And despite all of the high profile preaching
that we heard coming from ‘The Commie’ Pope Francis, only roughly a third of Americans
see global warming as being a moral issue and only a quarter of those asked see
it as a fairness issue.
According to Dana Fisher, director of the Program
for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland, "The big
deal is that climate has not been a voting issue of the American
population.” Ms. Fisher went on to say, "If
the American population were left to lead on the issue of climate, it's just
not going to happen." Ms. Fisher
seems to be of the opinion that the American population is simply not be smart
enough to recognize the issue as being the next great apocalypse that so many
of those on the left view it as being.
And it might be worth noting that ‘Professor’ Fisher’s research focuses
on political decision-making, grassroots activism, and civic participation,
aiming to understand how social actors engage in decision-making processes and
the successes and failures of such efforts.
Linda Gebel is a 64-year-old retired bookkeeper who
lives north of Minneapolis and she sums up what is, I suppose, the sentiment
held by some Americans. And it’s as
someone who has read up on the subject of global warming that she says, "Everybody's
life would be totally disrupted."
And she added, "It will cause famines and wars, huge problems. I
don't know why people wouldn't be worried about it." And yet because she lives in the middle of
the country she jokingly says that she'll be among "the last ones who will
be submerged.” Gebel added that she doesn't "feel worried personally. I'm
not sure this is going to happen in my lifetime, but I worry about my children.
I worry about my grandchildren." As
for myself, I very much doubt that even my great grandchildren will be effected
by this ‘climate change’ boondoggle.
The "lukewarm" feeling and lack of much
serious concern on the topic has been pretty consistent in polling over the
years, even as temperatures have risen, said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of
the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. And Princeton University climate scientist
Michael Oppenheimer said, "The issue hasn't quite boiled up enough so that
people have put it on the top of things they want to focus on. "One issue is how big, yet distant the
problem seems and how abstract it can be,” Fisher said. It can cause people to
put off worrying about it. But it’s
rather difficult to worry about a supposed ‘warming planet’ when looking back
at last winter’s frigid temperatures and the fact that here in early November
snow is already falling in many parts of the country.
And then we have Renata Schram who is a 43-year-old
customer service representative in Sturgis, Michigan, who says that while she
believes global warming is real, and is mostly caused by people, she is only
moderately worried about it. She says, "On
my list of things that worry me today, global warming is kind of
low." Of primary concern to her and
what she views as being a far more pressing issue is the growing level of violence seen in the world. She said, "Usually when we hear about
global warming everything seems so distant." She goes on to add, "The sea levels are
going to rise but I find it difficult to find a prediction that tells you how
many years exactly." Well, that would
only be because the entire cockamamie theory is based on junk science and no
one has a clue when, or if, it’s even gonna happen.
And then we have White House ‘science adviser’ John
Holdren, otherwise known as the keeper of the ‘climate change’ faith. This genius said climate contrarians
emphasize how large the problem is, essentially telling people "the result
(of warming) is too scary, so let's not believe it." He said these groups
have been "incredibly effective in sowing doubt" about global
warming. It’s very easy to be doubtful
about something that is nothing more than one huge con job. For his part, Myron Ebell, a policy expert
at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said the elites on the coast
may be concerned about global warming but people in the heartland who dig stuff
up, grow stuff or make stuff are used to the vagaries of extreme weather. He said, "They don't see it as much of a
problem" because it isn't.
But not so, say the scientists, or those who are
really nothing more than the high priests of this religion of ‘climate change.’ Climate scientist Chris Field of the Carnegie
Institution said, "We are all vulnerable to the impacts." And he then goes on to say. "If you are a farmer in Illinois or if
you work on a railroad in Alabama or are a miner in West Virginia, there are
impacts that are going to affect your life, your health and what you're going
to pay for things in the grocery story."
And climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech, who reaches out to
the evangelical Christian community claims that scientists aren't communicating
their worries well. They seem to assume
that issuing more reports and data will be sufficient to convince people. She said success lies in finding common
ground in humanity.
And it was Ms. Hayhoe who told a meeting of top
‘climate scientists last week in Washington, "More facts are not going to
fix the problem." And she went on
to say, "Nearly every human on the planet has the values they need to care
about climate change. We just need to connect the dots." But look, I think this entire ‘climate
change’ nonsense is much ado about nothing.
What we have is an inordinate number of ‘scientists’ with way too much
time on their hands. They have to find
something to justify their scientific worth.
And if they can earn for themselves a few bucks along the way, what’s
the harm? Let’s not forget that many of
the very same people who are now claiming that the Earth is getting hotter
were, just a few short decades ago, warning us to start preparing of the coming
of a new ice age.
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