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I think the more important headline is the numbers of climate change deniers is shrinking and the number of people who want to take action is growing. Half of
by eli 5y ago
I think the more important headline is the numbers of climate change deniers is shrinking and the number of people who want to take action is growing.
Half of all voters say it is a "critical threat," up from 40% in 2017 according to https://morningconsult.com/2021/04/27/paris-agreement-climate-change-threat-poll/ https://morningconsult.com/2021/04/27/paris-agreement-climat...
- monocasa 5y agoUnfortunately the difficulty increasing that percentage isn't linear. It'll probably look like the vaccine rollout where there's a pretty hard dropoff in increases past a little over 50%.
- eli 5y ago10 points in 4 years is pretty good! And this is from April; I wonder if it'd be different now after this brutal summer. But yeah the real problem is the gains in concern came pretty much entirely from Democrats and Independents.
- frenchyatwork 5y agoWell, if science advances one funeral at a time, an increasingly hostile and less inhabitable planet may give us opportunity for advancement ...