Lawrence Solomon
March 25, 2008
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2008/03/25/taking-the-termperature-on-climate-change-solomon.aspx
Public sup****t for global warming, by some measures, is overwhelming. By
other measures, public sup****t more resembles lip-service. As, for
example, when the public is asked to put its money where it's mouth is.
In a public opinion poll last week of registered U.S. voters, only one
in six were willing to pay an extra 50 cents a gallon to stave off
global warming and almost half were unwilling to pay so much as a penny.
In a Wa****ngton Post-ABC poll last November, Democratic voters were
asked: What is the single most im****tant issue in your choice for the
Democratic candidate for president? Top of the list was "Iraq/War in
Iraq," the pick of 33% of responders. "Health care" came second at 26%,
followed by "Economy/Jobs" at 10% and "Ethics/Honesty/Corruption in
government" at 5%. Next came "Education" at 3%, "Environment" at 2%,
"Foreign policy" at 2%, "Immigration/Illegal immigration at 2%,
"Energy/Ethanol" at 1%, Terrorism/National security" at 1%. Also at 1%
were "Abortion", "Morals/Family values," Federal budget deficit" and
"Social Security." As for "Global warming," it came in with an "*",
denoting less that one half of one percent.
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"There is no compelling evidence that carbon dioxide has any significant
control over the direction of global temperature and climate. The
processes that regulate the interannual to decadal fluctuations of
climate are poorly understood and, as yet, unpredictable" William
Kininmonth, Meteorologist, Former Head, National Climate Centre, Bureau
of Meteorology, 1986-1998
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