US Gullibility Index heads North ?!

Poll: 63% of Americans say global warming threat equal to terrorism at It’s Getting Hot In Here

to a recent poll conducted by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, there is a real sea-change happening in the U.S. public consciousness right now. Consider these key findings:
Close to two-thirds (63%) of Americans agree that our country “is in as much danger from environmental hazards such as air pollution and global warming as it is from terrorists.” The percentage of Americans who say global warming is a serious problem has risen to 83% from 70% in 2004. More than two out of three (68%) Americans agree that global warming is something people can control. And fully 81% agree with the statement, “It is my responsibility to help reduce the impacts of global warming.” – 62% of Americans agree that we need more laws to enforce energy efficiency. – 87% agree that they look for new ways to save energy. – 90% adjust the temperature in their house to save energy. – Just 27% agree that “the need to conserve energy is exaggerated.” Two of three Americans (67%) say that, if they had to, they could explain global warming or climate change “to someone I meet in passing.”
As important as this change is to our efforts, we have to remember the many sides to the phenomena of public opinion.
Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Carpe Diem!
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