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Efforts to support global climate-change falls: Poll
Peter O’Neil,
Canwest News Service
Saturday, Nov 29, 2008
There is both growing public reluctance to make personal sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the major international efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada.
Results of the poll were released this week in advance of the start of a major international conference in Poland where delegates are considering steps toward a new international climate-change treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
There already are reports emerging that some countries, such as coal-dependent Poland, are pushing for special treatment to avoid making major commitments to slash carbon emissions during a global economic downturn.
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Less than half of those surveyed, or 47 per cent, said they were prepared to make personal lifestyle changes to reduce carbon emissions, down from 58 per cent last year.
Only 37 per cent said they were willing to spend “extra time” on the effort, an eight-point drop.
And only one in five respondents - or 20 per cent - said they’d spend extra money to reduce climate change. That’s down from 28 per cent a year ago.
The Canadian results, from a poll of 1,000 respondents conducted in September, were virtually identical to the overall figures. There are no comparative figures for Canada because Canadians weren’t included in the global study in 2007.
The 11 countries surveyed were Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. There were 2,000 respondents surveyed in China, including 1,000 in Hong Kong.
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November 30th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Global warming is the second biggest hoax of the 21 century,the first is the impostor that they call MR.president .The climate of the earth has being changing for millions of years long before humans existed.Its a natural occurrence that happens from time to time.Climate change is not based on scientific fact ,it is a political maneuver to install restrictions on the life styles of everyday people,and to impede the development of third world nations.The scientist that support this false claim use bogus information and computer models that can easily be tweaked to support there claims.Thousands of assumptions are programed into these models throw one assumption off and you get an entirely different analysis .From 1940 to 1980 when industry was at its highest peak the world temperature decreased when according to there theories it should have increased .Global warming is as phony as the politicians in Washington……………..
November 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I AM A GREEN CITIZEN
I TAKE MY USED OIL, THAT COMES FROM THE GROUND, AND POUR IT BACK INTO THE GROUND.
I RECYCLE IT.
November 30th, 2008 at 4:31 am
/me laughs like Nelson out The Simpsons
November 29th, 2008 at 6:56 am
The scam is unraveling. That’s a good thing. This is a perfect example of why the government has to neuter the internet. In the old days of the MSM people had no other source of information other than the official propaganda outlets.
The scam would have worked 20 years ago, now whenever ABC does a “Global Warming” special report you can open your windows and hear the sounds of people laughing.