More propaganda from Greenpeace

Check out this press release from Greenpeace, entitled "Habbo and Greenpeace survey reveals teens more concerned about greenhouse gases than drugs, violence or war".

Excerpt:

Amsterdam, International — A new survey of nearly 50,000 teenagers from around the world today reveals that 74 per cent of teens believe that global warming is a serious problem and are more concerned about it than any other issue including drugs, violence or war. The results are being released as governments meet in Bali, Indonesia, for one of the most important UN conferences ever held on climate change.
The research conducted jointly by Habbo, the world’s largest virtual world for teens, and Greenpeace International examined the attitudes and behaviour of the global teen population towards environmental issues and gave teens a chance to speak out on the most pressing problem facing the world.

The press release is obviously designed to convince us that teens are panicked by global warming (and evidently adults should join them).

But are the world's teens actually panicked about this one issue? That would seem understandable, given the massive play this gets in the media.

But check out some details from Greenpeace (Powerpoint) here.



I'd say that most of the "teens" (some were evidently 12 or under) in this sample don't seem a whole lot more worried about global warming than they are about most of the other listed concerns.