More evidence that the U.S. public is not swallowing the climate hype

Written Dec. 12, 2007:

Over the last 20 or so years, when Gallup has asked Americans "What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?", 1-5% of the people have consistently answered "Environment/pollution".

In the most recent poll last month, the number of responses in that category was 3%.

I think that number is remarkably low, considering how very hard the media has pushed catastrophic climate alarmism. I think that if the general public was ever going to buy the climate alarmist story, they would have done so by now.

Current numbers are here; historical numbers are here.

(Note that the numbers can sum to more than 100%, because up to three problems per person were recorded).

3/25/08 update: A March 2008 Gallup poll shows 1% in the "Environment/pollution" category, which matches the lowest number seen in this poll since 1988.

When alarmists claim that Americans are "increasingly concerned" about global warming, they are guilty of wishful thinking (at best).