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According to Resources for the Future, 83 percent of people believe that human actions have been partly responsible for the cause of global warming, and 81 percent believe global warming will be a serious problem for the world. Funny enough, 78 percent of Americans think the government should do something about it.
And yet, the environment is never very high on the list of concerns when elections roll around.
Why, you ask? Easy. Because it's too expensive. When green energy comes for your wallet, all that concern for the climate disappears. It's too expensive. Which means that most people actually don't think it must be all that much of a threat. In fact, they see combating climate change as a greater threat to their wallet than climate change in total.
According to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, when Americans are given the option to pay an extra monthly fee to combat it, they shut their wallets and walk away:
While the majority of Americans support climate policies, including a carbon tax on companies, when it comes to paying for these policies in the form of a monthly fee on their energy use they are much less supportive. In fact, more than half of Americans are unwilling to pay any amount of money to combat climate change. Forty-five percent are willing to pay $1—more than last year, but down from prior years of the poll. That said, a consistent minority is willing to pay a significant amount (even $100) to combat climate change. //
Mildred's Oldest Son
3 hours ago
None of these climate-cultists have been able to express what the goal is. If we did everything that they want, what would happen to the climate? Will we never have a blizzard in winter, heat wave in the summer, will everyday around the world be a balmy 75 degrees during the day and 60 degrees at night? What's the goal? The goal is total control of the economy and the government while we proles live stone-age lives and the elites live the same lives they have always lived. That's the goal