Conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Public Affairs and World Public Opinion, the survey includes China, India, the U.S., Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, Poland, Iran, Mexico, South Korea, Philippines, Australia, Argentina, Peru, Israel, Armenia and the Palistinian territories.
Twelve countries were asked whether steps should be taken to combat climate change and a majority in all but one favored action. The largest majorities favoring action were 92 per cent in Australia, 83 per cent in China and Israel and 80 per cent in the U.S., the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases.
In Australia, Argentina, Israel, the U.S. and Armenia, the majority wanted steps taken now even if it involves significant cost. Respondents were evenly divided in China and Russia, while in Philippines, Thailand, Poland, Ukraine and India, people believe global warming is gradual so low-cost measures are sufficient.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
This post is the second of a two part series. Read the first installment, Unreported Emissions From Natural Gas Blow Up BC's Climate Action Plan.
Methane leaks from British Columbia's natural gas industry are likely at least 7 times greater than official numbers increasing the entire provinces' carbon footprint by nearly 25%. That's like putting 3 million more vehicles on BC's roads.
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A poll does not make global
We're not talking science
William, do you understand
the concept of probability? How about the concept of threat? The consensus is not about "making science real", it's an assessment of the level of threat. I'm not sure if your brain can make such subtle distinctions, but there you go.
You're right about one thing: science has changed things for the better. And now it's the vast majority of scientists who are telling us that the level of threat is high. So if you respect "science" at all, you would be taking the consensus very seriously.
other way around
Wrong Again
"So if you respect "science" at all, you would be taking the consensus very seriously."
Science is not a democracy.
No surpirse
Actually I noticed this week
Actually I noticed this week the CBC national news running green stories of communities who have gone green in a number of ways starting years ago. Such examples were not limited to but included, waste treatment plants collecting methane and then burning it to run their heating, or using solar pannels to heat to provide over 90% of the heating for pool, house projects built to be heated entirely by solar or that Calgary is now running about 70% of its electrical needs via wind power and this is in Alberta the bastion of fossil fuel country. Not only have these greening measures reduced the carbon outputs of many buildings by over 50% in many cases the governments of these communities are proudly proclaiming how much money they are saving due to increased effiency. All of this econmic disaster BS is getting silly allready, if small communities of less than 20,000 can find going green economicially profitable and large cities like Calgary which have over a million can find ways to get ahead of many major cities in Canada in terms of their CO2 reductions why cant so many other places.
Lots of Good Reasons
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