Fears Over Global Warming In Rapid Decline Following Climate Scandals
Public trust in climate science at a low point, warming advocates “scared shitless”
公眾在氣候科學的信任處於低水平，變暖擁護者“被嚇到疴不出屎”
Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
The latest survey from Gallup indicates that Americans’ fears over anthropological global warming are in rapid decline and that more and more people feel that climate change is being over exaggerated.
最新的蓋洛普調查指出，美國人對人類學的全球變暖的恐懼，在急速下降，越來越多的感感到，氣候變化被過分誇大。
The figures reflect the fallout of several recent scandals that have led many more to question the science behind the theory of human induced warming, in addition to the motivation of some of the scientists pushing it.
數字反映最近幾宗醜聞的餘波，已導致更多人懷疑人類引起氣候變暖的理論背後的科學，加在一些科學家推動它的動機上。
“Gallup’s annual update on Americans’ attitudes toward the environment shows a public that over the last two years has become less worried about the threat of global warming, less convinced that its effects are already happening, and more likely to believe that scientists themselves are uncertain about its occurrence.” the pollster’s website states.
“蓋洛普在美國人對環境的態度的年度更新顯示，公眾在過去兩年中已變得不那麼擔心全球變暖的威脅，不那麼相信變暖的影響已經發生，和趨向相信科學家們自己對它的發生也不肯定。“調查者的網站說明。
48% of Americans surveyed by Gallup said that they now believe the seriousness of global warming to be generally exaggerated. A 7% increase on last year’s figures, and a whopping 17% increase on figures from 1997, when Gallup’s first survey on the subject was undertaken.
48％接受蓋洛普調查的美國人說，他們現在相信，全球變暖的嚴重性被普遍誇大。比去年數字的7％增加，從 1997年的數據計算高達 17％的增幅，當蓋洛普關於這個問題進行的第一次調查。
A further 10% on the highest recorded figure now believe global warming fears to be overblown. The previous high of 38% was recorded in 2004.
進一步10％的最高紀錄數字現在相信，全球變暖的恐忂被誇大，上一次高位是在2004年錄得的38％。
“The average American is now less convinced than at any time since 1997 that global warming’s effects have already begun or will begin shortly.” Gallup’s Frank Newport notes.
“平均美國人現在是自1997年以來的任何時候，較少相信全球氣候變暖的影響，已經開始或即將開始。”蓋洛普的弗蘭克新港註釋。
Two-thirds of Americans do not believe global warming will affect them in their lifetimes, according to the poll. That figure represents a sharp six point increase on last year.
Just 50% believe temperature increases have been caused by human activity, down from a high of 61% in 2003
Newport notes that the coverage of Climategate and the other recent scandals that have betrayed an agenda to fix data to exaggerate warming claims has impacted the survey:
These news reports may well have caused some Americans to re-evaluate the scientific consensus on global warming. Roughly half of Americans now say that “most scientists believe that global warming is occurring,” down from 65% in recent years. The dominant opposing thesis, held by 36% of Americans, is that scientists are unsure about global warming. An additional 10% say most scientists believe global warming is not occurring.
There can be no doubt that the successful exposure of the Climategate fraud, a feat mostly accomplished by alternative media sources and blogs, has affected public opinion on global warming.
“The public opinion tide turned in 2009, when several Gallup measures showed a slight retreat in public concern about global warming. This year, the downturn is even more pronounced.” Gallup notes.
The climate journalNature today acknowledges that public confidence in climate science has been significantly eroded, adding that Climate scientists are “in a street fight”.
The journal further notes:
Ecologist Paul Ehrlich at Stanford University in California says that his climate colleagues are at a loss about how to counter the attacks. “Everyone is scared shitless, but they don’t know what to do,” he says
http://www.prisonplanet.com/fears-over-global-warming-in-rapid-decline-following-climate-scandals.html
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