45% of Americans Don't Believe Humans Cause Climate Change

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3. That may be, but many more care about the environment

For instance: Many see numerous advantages to mass transit simply from a practical standpoint
Many want clean water and clean air..

Many believe global warming is happening and want to mitigate risks.


Many don't see the man made CO2 cause and effect. This is because CO2 by itself is harmless. There is also the question of, "What can we do about CO2?". This is an extremely complicated question with extremely complicated answers. Where does CO2 come from? It comes from so many sources....

50 years ago, we were worried about carbon monoxide, mercury and sulfur in the air. All of those are pollutants that should not be in the air. These are direct pollutants.

Now we are worried about rising CO2. However CO2 is naturally occurring and even though it has risen, it is not directly harmful like other pollutants.

Also the cause and effect of CO2 is not instant. For example: Why does Texas have longer summers? It's because the Gulf of Mexico is warmer.

Why does warming of the arctic cause colder winters down here? Even the names polar vortex and stochastic stratospheric events go beyond most people's comprehension. How do you quantify stochastic events? How does the stratospheric temperature effect the troposphere? https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/research-highlights/quantifying-stochastic-ucertainty-detection-time-human-caused-climate-signals