USA Today
05/08/12 Dan Vergano
“Poll: Support slips
for measures aimed at curbing global warming”
From gas-mileage standards to tax breaks for windmills,
public support for "green" energy measures to tackle global warming
has dropped significantly in the past two years, particularly among
Republicans, a new poll suggests.
Majorities still favor most such tax breaks or restrictions
on industry, according to the Stanford University poll. It shows 65% support
gas-mileage standards and 73% support tax breaks for wind and solar power. But
just 43% support tax breaks for nuclear power and 18% support hiking taxes on
home electricity.
Overall, support for various steps to cut greenhouse gas
emissions has dropped an average of 10 percentage points since 2010, from 72%
to 62%, lead researcher Jon Krosnick says. "Most Americans (62%) still
support industry taking steps aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions,"
Krosnick says, "but they hate the idea of consumer taxes to do it."
His group's nationwide polls compared responses from 1,001 people in 2010 to
1,428 people this year.
Public opinion experts, including Drexel University's Robert
Brulle, point to declining news coverage
of global warming for the falling support of steps to fight greenhouse gases
Common Sense Review
This article is based on the premise that Global Warming
created by man does exist yet there is no scientific proof. However the “Green “campaign has become an
insignificant trend like the pet rock. Interesting enough the article talks of how
people want to industries to cut greenhouse gas emissions but support for the
idea of global warming is falling. So
what is there a need to cut, if the theory is non-existent?
Yet the greatest line in the article is “declining news
coverage of global warming for the falling support of steps to fight greenhouse
gases”. So unless the media sway the
people in an emotional misinformed panic, the people will forget the truth or
realize it is a lie.
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