A scary stat coming from an ACNielson internet poll: 13% of Americans have never heard of global warming.
Whats more compelling from an international perspective, but of course not surprising, is that 91% of the people polled thought that global warming was a “serious problem” or a “very serious problem.”
I don’t want to assume anything but I have to think that the fact it was an online-based poll, it might cast a certain demographic on the respondents.
Posted on 31 January 2007
Tags: Freedom from Oil
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After a lifetime on the East Coast and getting stuck in the Midwestern suburbs of Chicago and northern Michigan I'm finally on the West Coast in the always cool and never hot city of San Francisco.
Japhet worked for various outdoor organizations before becoming a member of Howard Dean's webteam (a lowly online organizer) in Burlington, Vermont. Afterwards, he continued his election work with America Coming Together in Madison, Wisconsin where he helped increase voter turnout to the highest in state history.
Now, coming back to this environmental and corporate ethics roots, Japhet is excited to put his skills to use for Rainforest Action Network.
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When I first heard about the 13% of Americans who have not heard of Global Warming, I thought to myself, how on earth is that possible with all the media of today? If it was an on-line based poll, it makes it that much more confusing because they have access to the Internet. I could understand that sort of figure, or even a higher figure from Africa, as there are many people here which do not have the sort of liberties Americans have. 13% is just darn right frightning, especially in this day and age!