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13 pct of Americans not heard of global warming: report
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Posted by: Rick Sample

January 29, 2007

OSLO (Reuters) - Thirteen percent of Americans have never heard of global warming even though their country is the world's top source of greenhouse gases, a 46-country survey showed on Monday.

The report, by ACNielsen of more than 25,000 Internet users, showed that 57 percent of people around the world considered global warming a "very serious problem" and a further 34 percent rated it a "serious problem."

"It has taken extreme and life-threatening weather patterns to finally drive the message home that global warming is happening and is here to stay unless a concerted, global effort is made to reverse it," said Patrick Dodd, the President of ACNielsen Europe.

People in Latin America were most worried while U.S. citizens were least concerned with just 42 percent rating global warming "very serious."

The United States emits about a quarter of all greenhouse gases, the biggest emitter ahead of China, Russia and India.

Thirteen percent of U.S. citizens said they had never heard or read anything about global warming, the survey said.

Almost all climate scientists say that temperatures are creeping higher because of heat-trapping greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels.

The study also found that 91 percent of people had heard about global warming and 50 percent reckoned it was caused by human activities.

A U.N. report due on Friday is set to say it is at least 90 percent probable that human activities are the main cause of warming in the past 50 years.

People in China and Brazil were most convinced of the link to human activities and Americans least convinced.

The survey said that people living in regions vulnerable to natural disasters seemed most concerned -- ranging from Latin Americans worried by damage to coffee or banana crops to people in the Czech Republic whose country was hit by 2002 floods.

In Latin America, 96 percent of respondents said they had heard of global warming and 75 percent rated it "very serious."

Most industrial nations have signed up for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, which imposed caps on emissions of greenhouse gases, mainly from factories, power plants and vehicles.

President George W. Bush pulled the United States out of Kyoto in 2001, but said last week that climate change was a "serious challenge."

Posted by: Xerxeese

I am tired of hearing about global warming and what "causes" it.

Lets think about the earth for a moment.

It started out as a molten ball. I'd say we arent that warm yet.
Do you think that cavemen were the reason for the "global cooling" that caused the ice age ?
And what caused the ice to melt? could it be global warming even before anyone was burning fossil fuels?

I'm sorry, but temperature shifting has always occured throughout the Earths history. Yes, we may be contributing to it, but saying we are the "cause" is just ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as saying we can stop it. We cant control the weather, and attempting to do so could be disasterous.

ok, I'll get off my soapbox now.

Posted by: Jarhead46

Global Warming whatever, I'm gonna go pull the mufflers off all three of my cars and drive around for a while

Posted by: Aussie XAXB

Like Xerxeese said, the weather and temperatures of the Earth have always changed. Why does anyone expect it to stay the same now???!!!!

"Thirteen percent of U.S. citizens said they had never heard or read anything about global warming, the survey said."

Evidently 13% of American are idiots and can't read or pay attention to the news.

In 2005 the Global Warming enthusiasts said "All the hurricanes hitting the southern US are PROOF of man-made global warming!!!!!!"

In 2006 hurricanes hitting the southern US were virtually a no show. Now if Global Warming caused the 2005 hurricanes, how could 2006 practically switch them off? Where are the comments by the Global Warming enthusiasts about this???? No where!!!!!!

Steve

Posted by: Mustang5L5

They must have gone to the states with the most elderly populations and asked that question.

My 73-year old grandmother who speaks broken english has never heard the term global warming. She doesn't even understand the concept. How do you like dem apples??