13 pct of Americans not heard of global warming: report

[deadparrot]

OSLO (Reuters) - Thirteen percent of Americans have never heard of global warming even though their country is the world's top source of greenhouse gases, a 46-country survey showed on Monday.

The report, by ACNielsen of more than 25,000 Internet users, showed that 57 percent of people around the world considered global warming a "very serious problem" and a further 34 percent rated it a "serious problem."

"It has taken extreme and life-threatening weather patterns to finally drive the message home that global warming is happening and is here to stay unless a concerted, global effort is made to reverse it," said Patrick Dodd, the President of ACNielsen Europe.

People in Latin America were most worried while U.S. citizens were least concerned with just 42 percent rating global warming "very serious."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070129/us_nm/globalwarming_survey_dc

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. 13 percent?

whoda thunk the under-5 population of the US was so large?

[phantom power]

2. Not so bad, really. 66% of them can't name their Vice President.

[theHandpuppet]

10. Is that true???

Please tell me you're joking.

[phantom power]

12. True story. Or maybe it was 1/3. Anyway, a lot more than 12%.

[Toucano]

3. So much for the information age.

Those who want to live under a rock will always be with us, I guess.

[damntexdem]

5. And they're likely the same ones who want us to live ...

under Iraq. ;-)

[Toucano]

6. Touché! n/t

[AnOhioan]

4. I am betting that 13% think * is a damn hero as well

[kineneb]

7. 13% are D.F.N.U.

Dead From Neck Up. All of you are welcome to use this useful acronym. I came up with it while driving our lovely 2 lane country roads.

[daleo]

8. That 13% probably never heard of the "globe"

"You mean the earth's round? Couldn't be."

[superconnected]

9. welcome to bush land.

[OhioChick]

11. 13%?

There you have it....bush's base.