Americans Couldn't Care Less About Global Warming

A new survey conducted by George Mason University and Yale Project for Climate Change, find that Americans rank global warming as the 10th most important national priority out of 11. This is in line with a Gallup Poll from last week that found the same.

Though global warming concerns are limited in comparison to the economy, people still want the government acting to limit pollution and emissions. The survey also found large support for renewable energy, with 92% of those polled saying they support more funding for research on solar and wind power.

We read these surveys as have your cake and eat them too. Lots of people say one thing in a survey, but do another thing in reality. Do we really trust that 79% of the public would be willing to lay out an additional $1,000 for a car that got better fuel milage? Of course not. The plummeting sales of hybrids shows this to be false.