Australia: more skeptics than believers, and few really care about “Climate change” « JoNova
First up, despite the endless repetition in the media that the science is settled and the evidence is overwhelming, the latest CSIRO survey shows
53% of the Australian population don’t agree that “humans are causing
climate change”. When the ABC gives 50% of its climate budget and time
to skeptical arguments we will know it is fulfilling its charter. Right
now, the ABC serves less than half the population.
Secondly,
even with 47% of the population agreeing that humans are “largely”
causing climate change, many of these people still don’t think climate
change will be that bad. The issue “Climate Change” ranks 14 out of 16
general concerns, and among environmental concerns a pathetic 7th out of
8.
It seems a large section of the 47% think the warming will be minor,
or even beneficial. The CSIRO has done another clumsy survey, the
fourth in a series, still not learning that inaccurate survey terms make
the results of most questions meaningless.
The unmistakable bottom line
from this is that only a minority of Australians think that humans are
changing the climate in an important way. Most Australians are more
concerned about their health, their income, their job, water shortages,
or real pollution.
They are more concerned about just about anything the
researchers can name. Somehow this confuses the researchers.
First up, despite the endless repetition in the media that the science is settled and the evidence is overwhelming, the latest CSIRO survey shows
53% of the Australian population don’t agree that “humans are causing
climate change”. When the ABC gives 50% of its climate budget and time
to skeptical arguments we will know it is fulfilling its charter. Right
now, the ABC serves less than half the population.
Secondly,
even with 47% of the population agreeing that humans are “largely”
causing climate change, many of these people still don’t think climate
change will be that bad. The issue “Climate Change” ranks 14 out of 16
general concerns, and among environmental concerns a pathetic 7th out of
8.
It seems a large section of the 47% think the warming will be minor,
or even beneficial. The CSIRO has done another clumsy survey, the
fourth in a series, still not learning that inaccurate survey terms make
the results of most questions meaningless.
The unmistakable bottom line
from this is that only a minority of Australians think that humans are
changing the climate in an important way. Most Australians are more
concerned about their health, their income, their job, water shortages,
or real pollution.
They are more concerned about just about anything the
researchers can name. Somehow this confuses the researchers.
