The controversy continues. Who’s right and who’s wrong on carbon emissions? Are scientists exaggerating the climate change debate?
The following poll result is from the UK Observer.
Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change
Juliette Jowit, environment editor The Observer,
Sunday June 22, 2008
Article history. The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans – and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem,
according to an exclusive poll for The Observer.The results have shocked campaigners who hoped that doubts would have been silenced by a report last year by more than 2,500 scientists for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found a 90 per cent chance that humans were the main cause of climate change and warned that drastic action was needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.The findings come just before the release of the government’s long-awaited renewable energy strategy, which aims to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent over the next 12 years.The poll, by Ipsos MORI, found widespread contradictions, with some people saying politicians were not doing enough to tackle the problem, even though they were cynical about government attempts to impose regulations or raise taxes. In a sign of the enormous task ahead for those pushing for drastic cuts to carbon emissions, many people said they did not want to restrict their lifestyles and only a small minority believe they need to make ‘significant and radical’ changes such as driving and flying less.’It’s disappointing and the government will be really worried,’ said Jonathon Porritt, chairman of the government’s Sustainable Development Commission. ‘They [politicians] need the context in which they’re developing new policies to be a lot stronger and more positive. Otherwise the potential for backlash and unpopularity is considerable.’There is growing concern that an economic depression and rising fuel and food prices are denting public interest in environmental issues. Some environmentalists blame the public’s doubts on last year’s Channel 4 documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle, and on recent books, including one by Lord Lawson, the former Chancellor, that question the consensus on climate change.
To read the entire report click on the following link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/22/climatechange.carbonemissions
It goes without saying that I will hear from many environmentalists on this post.
Questions.
Will president Obama or president McCain sign the Kyoto protocol?
Will any member of the White House “press corps” even ask this question?
They have a better educational system in the UK apparently.??
To answer your questions;
I’m sure you will hear from them again, but they can’t argue with the results of a public survey. So maybe not.
Maybe
Me mum watches BBC World News every day, she says it’s lots better than ours network ramblings. Maybe there’s some truth to her assertion.
Email response;
If you made a little bit of money (millions for a freon change) off the “Hole in the Ozone” which is still there, how much can you make off a greater danger? It’s real of course, otherwise we wouldn’t see Al Gore making his high profile sacrifices to save the environment. How many trees has he bought in the Congo?
Henry