Shocking new poll about Americans' belief in global warming

This is why Fox News is a problem. Fox news tells people not to trust scientific evidence. If Fox News was actual news they would report the facts. When was the last time you saw an honest two sided discussion about climate change on Fox, or even a single person who believes humanity has an impact on the environment? Why don't you see honest discussion and reporting about climate change on Fox? Because it will cost the Corporate Machine (who Fox is controlled by) a lot of money in the short term to refit their industries, cutting into their short term profit and thus their bonus checks. It doesn't matter that it will make the United States more efficient, more profitable, and less polluting in the future, because that won't get them this years bonus. Those Fox pundits will keep running their mouths and influencing the illiterate masses opinions for those corporate interests, and those same illiterate masses will continue thinking that the "liberal conspiracy" is out to get them, even though that "liberal conspiracy" will only benefit everyone in the coming future.

I wonder where these people live.. certainly not here on the south coast (gulf of mexico). We have experienced powerful hurricanes and floods i dont think theres a soul here who would DARE deny global warming anymore...

I dont know about you but the weather where i live is getting a little strange. Last week it dipped into the 30's and snowed all across New York. Its not even Halloween yet. And now today its 70 degrees. Something is not right here...

Shocking? Not to me, and not to many who know the 'man made global warming' scheme is a hoax. The world population is QUICKLY becoming more aware of the lies being fed to us on a daily basis, and this is one of the biggest.

If you still have doubts about global warming being used to make billions just google 'cap and trade'

Just to correct everyone who thinks Global Warming is fact. You need to do some research on it first, who is pushing it, what do they want to do. what tax are they planning to implement on the world due to this hoax?
For the record, there is such a thing as Global Change, it happens every season, and these people like to say the polars are melting, when they say this, they happen to be talking of the time that they actually are melting, but they never let anyone know that those ice back up.

I agree, the team of Fox News and big oil backed deniers like Steve Milloy have played a roll in changing public opinion. What floors me is the idea that climate change can be evaluated as a belief. To deny it is to deny science and basic observation. There clearly is a growing opposition fueled by their hatred of notable green leaders (like Al Gore), their fear of change (partially brought about by the election of Barack Obama), and a general apathy propagated by dubious news organizations.

global pollution continues no matter if the temperature is changing fast enough or not..
my lakes, rivers, and oceans are polluted
my food is polluted
my air is polluted

I love how scientific facts are open to subjective opinion based on economics. I guess the world gets flatter and gravity is weaker when the economy gets worse. This is why public polls are worthless...the public is stupid.

I suppose the melting solar ice is all a pipe dream and all the evidence showing that global warming has already begun is made up? The rich elite who run our planet don't want you to believe it might interfere with their greed for higher profits!

1500 people polled out of MILLIONS? And people think this is credible? I swear some will use any excuse to continue sitting on their asses doing nothing. We are KILLING this planet and our ability to sustain ourselves and other species with toxic pollution in our water, our air, our FOOD, and it is killing us in return. And yet, people are still Bsing over whether global warming is real or not or manmade or not. READ about the glaciers melting worldwide and the pace of it. READ about the drought effecting 40% of our planet. READ about the rapacious pace of biodiversity loss. READ about the rapacious pace of deforestation and its effects on CO2 and other GHGs. Do the trees chop themselves down? READ about the sea level rises in places like the Maldives, the Carteret Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and places where climate refugees are already being seen. LOOK BEYOND YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR, turn off your damn TVS and READ. I swear, Americans are some of the most ignorant selfish people on the planet. If it isn't happening to THEM it just can't be happening. What a crock.

Climate change deniers: not evil, just stupid.

go ask a eskimo if global warming is real.....google earth the snowcaps....

How can you say climate change isnt real? Hell at least the "it isnt man-made" argument acknowledges the fact that the ice caps are melting at an unprecedented rate and the instances of peculiar and more intense storms are rising.

This is sad very sad... ask the people in the Maldives "who believes?"
Another "Inconvenient Truth" is needed... U Hear that Gore....This is your site....

Something to "read" about global warming... I mean cooling... I mean climate change.

http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0508/0508gwpetition.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2008-09-09-farmers-almanac_N.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8299079.stm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1220052/Austria-sees-earliest-sno...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarming/4029837/Global-warmin...

it really annoys me how people need all of this ridiculous proof to start doing the right thing; like saving gas and recycling isn't beneficial in itself, you need some fucking scientist to prove to you it's worth it. and no, soccer mom, you dont need your stupid suv that gets 20 mpg. no, you really don't need to buy that bottle of water, you could probably just take a fucking glass out of the cupboard and turn on the tap. if you won't save the earth then you'll at least save a couple bucks. or is being thrifty going to hurt your cadillac tastes?

I definitely believe that we should cut down our pollution, but i also think that regardless of what we do to cut back on it will not stop mother nature from doing what she does. I mean, do we think we are more powerful than her? She will kill us all if she felt so and we are powerless to stop it. Also i believe the whole "warming" part of this epidemic is mostly caused by our sun ( solar flares and whatnot ) I don't need to hear scientist's explanations to know that the earth has changed numerous times since it's birth. We've only been recording weather for a few hundred years or so. So how do we know for sure that this isn't a cycle that happens every 10,000 years? Don't respond by saying "scientists say......." Because every year they say "this" then one scientist challenges "this" and the answer turns to "that". So I'll just believe in common sense and instinct over science.

Also, i do not follow any political, religious or scientific views so don't try to blame it on any of that. I'm just a normal everyday person with my own uninfluenced thoughts.

well thank goodness im not alone.

looks like we'll have to see. even this winter's el-nino will only convince a few for a short while. while i was studying geology i monitored a weather class, now that's a can of worms. there isn't enough computer power on earth to process all the data. linear equations, if you don't understand them, you won't fathom the extent of the problem.

i just deleted about an hours writing,trying to explain weather to a 9th grade level. there is no way to explain short of a book. we are not smart enough, to understand weather, yet.

I want to see the ice before it's gone.

Yeah, we got snow here in the hills in Pennsylvania last week! We're still waiting for our summer this yearr..bbrrr!
Move North where it's getting colder!
Just another trend like back in the 50-60's cold trend!

I think the questions they asked are a little misleading. I wonder if they asked the same questions years ago.

Why not ask if people think that scientific eveidence shows that manmade CO2 levels are causing changes weather patterns. This is possbly more accurate, as not everywhere is consistentlly warmer, and it takes away weather/climate confusion that the lay person doesn't really understand.

Also, I don't think CO2 really falls into the "pollution" category, because it is something we all exhale. When I think of the word pollution, I think of toxic substances not out of balance quantities of common substances.

WHAAAAT, I cant understand.