Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Poll: Climate Skepticism Widespread

A YouGov poll reported at the website of the Global Warming Policy Forum is headlined:
New Survey: Half of Britons (and Most Europeans) Are Climate Skeptics
A majority of those surveyed in several countries don’t believe “ The climate is changing and human activity is mainly responsible.” And those countries are these: Finland, Germany, France, Malaysia, Bahrain, China, Australia, Oman, Egypt, Denmark, USA, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Norway.

Basically, that is all of Scandinavia plus the two “powerhouse” countries of Europe, and assorted Asian and Middle East lands as well. Oddly, the USA was the only Western Hemisphere nation surveyed.

Anthropogenic climate change is a hard sell, since the geologic record shows climate change is no new thing. It was happening when we wore skins and lived in caves, and before humans existed too. No surprise it hasn’t stopped.