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I clicked through to the actual poll, and just for some context the actual poll is from 2018. Not that I think attitudes are likely to have changed substantial
by neltnerb 5y ago
I clicked through to the actual poll, and just for some context the actual poll is from 2018.
Not that I think attitudes are likely to have changed substantially, but after the power grid collapses in both Texas and California it is possible that there has been movement towards recognizing that there are costs we will pay one way or another and that paying them while also having reasonable climate is much more comfortable in the long term.
It's a good point though, asking whether someone believes climate change is real is a very low bar. It's like literacy rates, the rate depends on what grade level you define as literate. Once literacy gets high enough for a given definition you have to make the criteria more stringent to see differences. So step 1 is "is this real" and step 2 is "what would you sacrifice to stop it". We're still barely past step 1...