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And yes, I'm one of those people out there thinking I'm twisting in the wind, alone in my efforts to work on climate change... Brand new to Blue Sky. In search of Kindred Spirits!

I love your little self-portrait sketch, David! Did you draw that?

As long as we pretend like personal opinion is the same as scientific fact and then allow that to be taught side by side as if these are equally true positions- this will continue to be an issue.

45% of the US is below the moron level of IQ, barely able to tie their shoes in the morning.

But I know no one gives a shit

Part of this disparity is because our government and politicians abandoned any action or even talk about climate change

@volts.wtf I guess we'll just have to grab that graphic and pass it around to our family, friends and neighbors.

Adding: this is one reason conservatives work so hard to stigmatize "virtue signaling." Virtue signaling is actually incredibly important! It lets other people know that they are not alone in their values. It works against pluralistic ignorance. That's why they want you to feel abashed & stay quiet.

Sure, but I also see so many people claiming that this is super concerning, complaining that nothing gets done to stop it getting worse, and in the next sentence order a large steak before describing their latest holidays involving long-distance flights. Are they TRULY concerned?

I'm ashamed of my country. I wouldn't have thought we could be worse than the USA 😔

Reminds me of how most people think of the effectiveness of marketing/advertising. They think it doesn't affect themselves, but it *does* affect other people.

They know it's a threat, but are not prepared to actually change anything, so they say on one else is doing anything.

30 odd% are the bottom of the barrel core trump support that I ardently hope are the first to perish

The Billionaire Oligarch propaganda machine doing exactly what it's meant to do, & working as intended.

I do wonder how much can be explained by pragmatic inference. I think climate change in general is a very easy issue to be pessimistic about & when you've had 20 years of warnings about tipping points but haven't seen any major solutions at the federal level, it's easy to be disinclined to optimism

Maybe it’s because of the one or two guys at work who constantly drone on about their research proving climate change is a hoax. The same two also rage about ranked choice voting making voting too confusing and giving “demoncrats” the power to rig elections.

Yeah honestly I’m always a bit hesitant to bring up climate change talk with a group of strangers because there’s usually one blowhard who will go on a rant about it being a hoax and I don’t have the energy to argue with those types of people. It’s so draining, frustrating and futile.

Even if it's over 50 percent, I find that pretty appalling. Also, most people don't walk the talk.

I mean define "serious" because when I think serious I think stringing up oil execs and shuttering oil fields by force not talking about it for another fifty years while the literal landscape changes before our very eyes. If people were taking this seriously we wouldn't allow it to continue.

Consider this: in India during the lockdown during Covid people were able to see the Himalayan Mtns from miles & miles away. First time in 30 years because the pollution was gone.

The fact that most Americans don't trust other Americans to be even half-way decent people who give a damn about anything other than themselves is not surprising. I, personally, feel that way. I feel like I live among zombies who are ok as long as their tv works.

I think it depends on where you live

Brexit is another example of pluralistic ignorance. Most Brits (60%+) realise it's an utter catastrophe but aren't yet sure - nor are UK govts - that there's enough political will to undo it

Yet how many of them are doing anything to combat climate change?

I know people who don't believe climate change is real. It's sad. I no longer discuss it with them.

'Over 50 per cent' is lamentable, anyway.

There's probably a large percentage of the electorate concerned about climate change and pollution. Unfortunately, there's probably a large percentage of elected politicians being paid to ignore it.

Uh, no one can find MAGA voters who believe it's even a thing.

Well good luck in July, to all the non believers! Heat wave due to climate change about to scorch the US! Here in the UK we have just gone through a week of sweltering heat 38c & another heat wave on its way averaging 36c across the UK.

So interesting. The corporate MSM owned by fossil fuel oligarchs has done such an effective job of raising doubt and sowing false ambiguity about these findings that those of us able to put 2 & 2 together on our own doubt that others have made the same conclusion. “Maslow s basement” in action.

Because of msm.

I'm really concerned! My daughter lives in London and it's been awful!

…better get around this ‘pluralistic ignorance’ pretty quick. #Climate must be our o n l y focus.

In this case you can't really fault people for thinking it as we keep electing people who do not care about climate change

I wish people would not take polls at face value. The full report has 19 pages and doesn't show you any breakdown of how many interviews per country they did and in what way. "[...] no representation or warranty is made as to any of the data’s accuracy or reliability." It's basically trust me bro.

Well, if you go by the behavior of most folks it is hard to imagine they give a fuck.

That’s the thing, Americans will wait till whatever it is almost blows then they react and slowly at that. Trumps case is a prime example. The republicans have wanted a civil war of a long time, me personally I would have given it to them and all this mess would be over.

made worse by fox news propaganda

Do they really?

50 years to confuse the public. In the 1970s Exxon had some of the world's top climate scientists. They said back then that Exxon's business model would destroy the planet's climate in the long run. And Exxon responded by lying to the public for decades. 2/2

We've been drowned by conservative and pro-corporate denials of climate change risks for decades. The media have been complicit by both-sidesing this. Only recently we learned fossil fuel corps lied and plastic can't really be recycled. The disinformation has been dizzying.

It's really a problem with the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, DC and the SCOTUS that made him a king as long as he's a Republican. How many of my fellow citizens believe it's a problem is irrelevant

I know some who really don't think it is an issue. Also, in other news a coworker today told me that solar panels are bad for global temperature rise.

But then so many deny not the fact of climate change but the cause. After all, as they say, the climate has changed before, regardless of what humans do.