Poll: Worries about environment hit (20 year) low (economy more important)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-03-16-environment_N.htm

Poll: Worries about environment hit low

By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY
Americans' worries about environmental issues have hit a 20-year low, largely because of economic concerns, according to a Gallup Poll released Tuesday.

Fewer adults worry "a great deal" about each of eight issues surveyed, including global warming, than a year ago, according to the poll of 1,014 Americans taken March 4-7. Their concerns about six of the issues hit record lows.

At the same time, in findings Gallup will release later this week, a record number — 53% — say economic growth takes precedence, even if it hurts the environment, says Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief.

"The economy is swamping everything," Newport says. Also, questions about the science of global warming are affecting other issues, he says. "The whole environmental realm has been politicized."

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[leveymg]

1. Even Obama uses the term "clean coal" and gets away with it. It's sickening.

Literally.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. We can always come back and save the planet later, right? Right? nt

[The2ndWheel]

3. And the economy will always be more important

We live in an economic system, not an ecosystem.

[Viking12]

4. I hope you forgot to add something to your post

like the :sarcasm: tag.


If not. Dumbest.Post.Evah!

[The2ndWheel]

5. Unfortunately it's not sarcasm

It's all too real. When we have a stimulus bill that exists because people aren't consuming enough of the environment, we're not living in an ecosystem.

Yeah, yeah, technically, the economy exists within the physical limits of the environment. Ideas like that don't win elections, don't make a profit, don't create a job, don't support a family.

[joshcryer]

6. This view is illustrated on these very forums.