By Dave Huber, The College Fix
A new study suggests those skeptical about climate change and climate alarmism behave in more climate-friendly ways than do those who are very concerned about the issue.
University of Michigan psychology graduate student Michael Hall‘s study looked at 600 Americans who “regularly reported their climate change beliefs, pro-environmental behavior, and other climate-change related measures.”
The results, published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, divided subjects into three categories: the “Skeptical,” the “Cautiously Worried,” and the “Highly Concerned.” As you might expect, the “Skeptical” were most opposed to government climate policies; however, they were also “most likely to report engaging in individual-level pro-environmentalbehaviors” (emphasis added).
On the other hand, the “Highly Concerned,” while very supportive of government action on climate, were the least likely to behave in eco-friendly ways.
Does this surprise anyone?
On seven occasions—roughly once every eight weeks—participants revealed their climate change beliefs, and their level of support for policies such as gasoline taxes and fuel economy standards.
They also noted how frequently they engaged in four environmentally friendly behaviors: recycling, using public transportation, buying “green” products, and using reusable shopping bags. …
While policy preferences of group members tracked with their beliefs, their behaviors largely did not: Skeptics reported using public transportation, buying eco-friendly products, and using reusable bags more often than those in the other two categories.
This pattern was found consistently through the year, leading the researchers to conclude that “belief in climate change does not appear to be a necessary or sufficient condition for pro-environmental behavior.”
Hall and his colleagues can only speculate about the reasons for their results. But regarding the concerned but inactive, the psychological phenomenon known as moral licensing is a likely culprit.
Read the full story here
How about a study of fact checkers and their characteristics?
Well, if these eco-friendly skeptics are anything like me, it’s because they’re realists about what actually is good and bad for then environment, and have found themselves educated on the subject because of genuine concern – and then watching the utter corruption of what they once cared about deeply.
Progressives have a way of driving people away from issues that they would otherwise support.
I just had to buy a new hot water heater when I walked out into my garage and found the old one leaking.
I thought I could fix it again, but this time it was rusted right through.
Just as well, that old thing was wasting money every day.
I did plenty of research, at first thinking I would switch to a gas one. but propane is all we can get here in my area.
Not cheap like nat gas.
The math does not work. It will never be cheap, because it is a by-product of refining and some of it comes from oil production directly…but the supply cannot be ramped up to match demand, so the price fluctuates but it far more per BTU that nat gas, on average.
So it was electric.
Now…on demand under the sink one?
No wasted hot water stranded in the pipe every time you use some hot.
Need one for each place I want hot water…most efficient but too expensive really.
So, central tankless unit, or tanked?
Will I ever get the money back if I buy anything but the cheapest one?
Possibly, but maybe not.
You really have to work out the math on it, taking into account how much hot water you might need at once, the temp of your incoming supply, etc.
I am in the part of the US with the warmest groundwater…nearly 75F, all the time. Take into account several complex tradeoffs, I had to decide I did not want to have to manage simultaneous use if I wanted to do a load of laundry and a load of dishes and then get in the shower.
No way. And the one I would need to do all three at once was huge and expensive…new power supply. No big deal…I am capable of doing any sort of electrical work.
I was about to go this route when I looked into the last option…heatpump water heater with a tank.
Rheem makes a very good one…some early ones were crap. Always read all the reviews.
Got a very efficient 50 gallon one, in stock at local home center.
Very pricey…but…power factor of 3.55
Meaning it is over three and a half times more efficient that a perfectly efficient resistance electric unit. Put another way, you get three calories of heating for one calorie of energy used, since it compresses the air and extracts the heat from it.
Now, my garage here in South Florida is not climate controlled…hot as hades most of the year.
This will make a heat pump VERY efficient.
And the best part…this thing pumps out cold air while it is heating water!
Cools my garage. For free.
The hotter it is outside, the cheaper it is to heat the water.
Gets 67 gallons in the first hour…the highest of any model I looked at in the 50 gallon size.
Rated at $110 a year in power, vs about $400 for one that just heats water with electricity.
Costs more but the lifetime is several multiples of my payback time of about two years.
And it looks nice and is smart home connected and has resistance heater in it for high demand situations.
Saves me money and cools my hot garage.
I spent hours and hours researching and shopping this…far longer than the few hours it took me to go buy it, bring it home and install it myself.
Used that shark bite connector system…love that.
Have to connect a line for the water it is pulling out of the air…no problem…it waters my thirsty coconut I planted outside my garage.
Now…it is right behind a wall from my laundry room. Dryer pumps out hot air. It ought to be very easy to use the waste heat from clothes drying to feed the water heater.
The water heater is fitted with intake and output ducting connections…so you can draw air from wherever it is hot and pump it to where you want to cool and dehumidify.
And that is how a global warming skeptic does it.
Because it saves me money, every dang day!
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem-Performance-Platinum-50-gal-10-Year-Hybrid-High-Efficiency-Smart-Tank-Electric-Water-Heater-XE50T10HD50U1/303419574
I recycle jokes.
But as for depleted plutonium, I just dump it in the ocean, or hand it out for Halloween.
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