Americans Largely Unconcerned About Climate Change

According to a Gallup Poll taken last month, only 35% of Americans say they worry “a great deal” about climate change, a significantly smaller fraction than 43% of the population who say they worry about the subject “only a little or not at all.”  I’ve read a few articles recently that suggest that this is strange, given the recent report from the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) that, to my surprise, made something of a splash in the mainstream media.

Fortunately, climate change is only one of a half-dozen good reasons to knock off our addiction to fossil fuels.  Yes, there are people who don’t believe in human-caused global warming.  But are there people who don’t believe in terrorism or lung cancer?