47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends, Not Humans (42% blame human activity)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/environment_energy/energy_update

Energy Update

47% Blame Global Warming on Planetary Trends, Not Humans

Monday, September 07, 2009

Forty-seven percent (47%) of U.S. voters say global warming is caused by long-term planetary trends rather than human activity.

However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% still blame human activity more for climate change, while five percent (5%) say there is some other reason.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/environment_energy/voters_closely_divided_over_cause_of_global_warming">Except for June when the two points of view were virtually tied, voters have been trending away from blaming human activity since January.

Most men (53%) say long-term trends are to blame, while women are closely divided on the question. Younger voters are more likely than their elders to see human activity as the root cause of global warming.

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[provis99]

1. typical Republican Blame the Victom tactic.

Blame the Earth for what Republicans did to the environment.

[timeforpeace]

2. Bush's fault.

[timeforpeace]

7. Decreased solar activity is causing cooling so anything's possible.

[OKIsItJustMe]

12. No “anything” is not “possible.”

There are things which are possible; and there are things which are not.

[Downtown Hound]

3. "Younger voters are more likely than their elders to see human activity as the root cause

of global warming."


Greatest generation my ass. Thank you for giving us Bush, global warming, a world where 5% of the people control 95% of the wealth, and a whole host of other goodies. Young people are often blamed as the cause of the decay in society. But I'm afraid I must disagree.

[Bleacher Creature]

4. I hate these kinds of "polls"

They are instructive in terms of showing how many people are misinformed, but they are too often used as a justification for policy decisions. Frankly, I don't care if 99.999% of people don't believe that global warming is caused by human activity -- facts are not opinions and it doesn't change the fact that we need to act now.

[RoyGBiv]

5. Know what's awesome?

The planet doesn't give a damn what voters think.

[kestrel91316]

6. Not awesome. Tragic. For the humans.

[RoyGBiv]

8. I was being ironic n/t

[appamado amata padam]

9. Like 47% understand planetary trends -

47% of Americans can barely point to Europe or Asia on a map.

[glitch]

10. Rasmussen always over-samples Republicans, so this tells us something we already know

about them. IMO.

[Ghost Dog]

11. Logically, both factors are in play.

Humans, in their own interest, have a choice: try to roll with the changes or attempt mitigation.

Here's some comment from Lovelock, Guardian, yesterday: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/sep/20/geoengineering-royal-society-earth

Edit: Question: What's easier to try to influence to change, human social/economic behavior or biospherical processes? Answer: The question is badly framed: Any change in either necessarily affects both.