Guest essay by Eric Worrall
My question – if 97% of left leaning voters want climate action, are they waiting for right wing voters to pay for it?
The world is on fire and our leaders are failing, poll finds
Poll respondents voice frustration at being left to take on climate action on their own after governments and companies fail to act.
By RYAN HEATH
02/08/2022 10:31 AM ESTAdults across the United States and globally have damning opinions about the performance of their political leaders when it comes to climate change, and say they are noticing an escalation in extreme weather events and natural disasters.
A new POLITICO Morning Consult Global Sustainability Poll reveals frustration from citizens that they are being left to take on climate action on their own, when they believe governments and the companies with the most resources (which also tend to bear the most responsibility for carbon emissions) should shoulder the burden.
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Surprisingly, climate may be the only issue where President Joe Biden is getting higher marks from the right than from the left. That’s not necessarily because Republican voters are concerned that Biden is doing enough, but because they’re satisfied that he is legislatively constrained.
Biden’s base, meanwhile, is furious. Though the administration has made climate action a centerpiece of its rhetoric, executive action and legislative agenda, 80 percent of Americans who labeled themselves left-leaning said that the Biden administration is doing too little to address climate change, including 64 percent of Democrats surveyed.
The United States is home to the largest ideological divide on climate action. Among Americans, 97 percent of left-leaning voters expressed concern about climate change, compared to 51 percent of right-leaning voters.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/08/citizens-politicians-combat-climate-change-00004590
Politico is saying 97% of left leaning voters think climate change is a problem.
If I thought we were in the midst of an existential crisis, and I knew lots of people thought the same, I wouldn’t be sitting on my butt waiting for President Biden to take action, or waiting for absolutely everyone to agree there is a problem. I would be out there fundraising in Democrat and Green Party branch meetings, or anyone else who would listen, to gather the money needed, to build wind turbines and solar panels or whatever other infrastructure is required to solve the problem.
But for some reason this isn’t happening. Or if it is happening, the money being raised is not enough to make an impact.
Are left wing voters more concerned about ensuring everyone pays their fair share, than saving the world?
Or do they say they are worried about climate change, but don’t really mean it?
I’d love to know the answer. If you are a climate concerned left wing voter, please make an effort to explain what is preventing the vast number of left wing voters who think climate change is a pressing issue, from getting off their butts and sorting the problem out amongst themselves.
Because we’re talking about around half the country, if the Politico survey is any guide.
Surely that many people between them have enough resources and initiative to at least make a start, to lead everyone else by example.
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Where did I see that 97% figure before?
If half the nation swings center to left then half swings center to right.
If 97% of the Center to Left believe there is a problem then no government action would be required.
Fully 48% of the population would be personally acting to eliminate THEIR use of fossil energy and divest themselves of petrochemical derived goods.
They would
trade in(no trade in value)JUNK their brand new ICE Lexus or Mercedes or Lamborghini for an all electric Prius or Leaf or even Tesla.They would install Solar on their rooftops with wall mounted battery back-up and immediately sever from Grid Sourced electricity.
They would throw out their new gas appliances and install all electric heating and cooking.
They would cease using any and all petrochemical derived goods like…
Rubber Car Tires
Plastic insulated wiring
Plastic products
…Keyboards
…Cell Phones
…Wind Turbine Blades
Synthetic Clothing like
…Almost everything sold by North Face
…Nylons
…Gloves
…Jackets
Structural Steel (requires Coking Coal to purify the iron) reinforced products like
…Wind Turbines
…high rise buildings
…Auto Frames
AND let’s not forget Make-up, Lipstick and Ink either
Or the other more than 6000 products dependent on Petrochemicals
Of course Coal also has to go spoooo…No Solar Panels either
If 48% of the population simply stopped using gasoline, natural gas and propane the price of the commodities would plummet making extraction unaffordable. (SHHHH)
I upvoted what is clearly a rather nice work of fiction, describing a world, up to which the left could never live!
The left wouldn’t but they’ll make damn sure the rest of have to
Every doctrine of the Left is supported by other people’s money, taken at gunpoint.
I disagree
They should take Shanks Pony
Well said Bryan. And your list above could be expand many times to include thousands of everyday items all taken for granted by green left wing zealots. Also few people realise that their car tyres (irreplaceable) are in fact 100% synthetic and contain zero natural rubber.
And stop having hot showers
If they are hippies, they stopped doing that long ago.
You missed out
They would stop taking medications and going to hospitals where single use plastic items are widely used to prevent cross infection or rejection of implants
Clearly it would be suicidal to stop using fossil fuels, but the crazies might still do it. Don’t forget the Great Leap Forward. Everyone knows you can’t make steel with backyard mud kilns but the Chinese still forced the people to waste all the trees and metal in sight. Think nothing that stupid could happen here? Look at the past two years.
Fully 48% of the population would be personally acting to eliminate THEIR use of fossil energy and divest themselves of petrochemical derived goods.
That 48% believe that ONLY government can do anything. They are incapable of doing anything on their own unless their Big Brother makes them.
“97% of all statistics quoted on the internet are bogus!”
— Abraham Lincoln
97% of Abraham Lincoln agrees with that statement.
Abraham Lincoln said, “Do not trust everything you read on the Internet.”
I read it on the Internet, so I know it must be true.
97% has become code for bs need we say any more
Use this number whenever you can. It is now the answer.
97% of climatistas are brain damaged- the other 3% were born stupid
Well, I guess if you’ve got nothing to lose…
Eric, I think if you accept a comment from a left-wing climate change 97% person, they should include a picture of them cooking over a buffalo chip fire, to confirm their sincerity.
I think the survey is a total joke, but thought it would be funnier to play “what if it is real”, to illustrate the sheer absurdity of the situation.
If they were sincere, they would never be able to read or reply to any post. They would not be using electricity. They would neither be using a computer nor a phone.
The best they could do is to try to avoid freezing in the dark and starving because they would not know how to hunt or gather food.
They fact that they are here shows their lack of sincerity.
Apropos the above, it’s well to remember that vegetarian is an old Iriquois word for lousy hunter.
But isn’t that always the case with modern Progressivism? It’s always up to someone else to do the real work, and to pay for it.
One of the first things you (should) learn when studying economics: What people say they think is next to utterly meaningless. It’s what they do with their own money that expresses their real opinion. When measured that way, what they’re saying is that they’re for consumerism as usual.
I have no doubt that many if not most of the left are “concerned” about climate change. But only as long as they don’t have to make any meaningful sacrifice themselves.
YUP! and as long as they do not have to live near windmills or look at them!
Besides they are detrimental to your health
Windmills or leftists?
Yes.
Or, hear them!
Exactly.. essential they are deniers by their actions. Alot of that going about especially amongst the noisy jet set crown. At least Greta walked the talk a little bit.
I am starting to believe 97% is code for “this is a POOMA claim”.
They got off their butts and sorted it out between themselves and decided to make the other side pay for it while they get rich from it, and thus feel good about it in many ways.
It’s another SELL indicator for Octopus Energy
That is one thing I have noticed regarding leftists. They see lots of problems in the world. But they aren’t willing to do anything themselves, or to make any personal sacrifices to solve any of these problems. They honestly seem to believe that voting for a politician who promises to force someone else to something about the problem is all they need to do.
No, they are doing their part by telling the rest of us what bastards we are.
And notice also that leftists never offer to persuade or convince everyone of the rationality / merits / benefits of their proposals, instead they always resort to regulation / compliance / enforcement / penalties as their instinctive means of securing acceptance.
Have any of these people stated anything about what the climate will be like once their actions have been implemented?
No, of course not!
We will return to the perfect climate of the Little Ice Age.
Well, I certainly believe in climate change, especially after studying the Milankovitch Cycles. That is why we moved to Florida from New Hampshire back in 2016. I didn’t care for the obvious start of the cooling trend after several thousand years of warmth.
Since everything seems to revolve around the number 97 I decided to look up what it meant in numerology.
Yep, I’m pretty sure that’s just how they see themselves.
Yes, but what does Affinity Numerology say about the number 23,568,543,335?
It is Politico.
When the left runs out of other people’s money (OPM, and they have but AOC doesn’t know that yet—or much else) the nonsense will sort of stop. The momentum, not the AOC screeching. What will help that along is a good ruinables caused big blackout or two. Plus some more global cooling caused by Arctic warming, per most recent ‘research’.
I was noodling another ‘bullet point’ ridicule post:
And ridicule their GND solutions:
AOC has previously declared that it doesn’t matter how big the deficit is because government spending is good for the economy.
Most of us are aware of the ingrained stupidity of the left . Let’s just move on with out them
Refuse to EVER wear a mask , refuse their poisonous jabs. Do you have the courage ….I have never warn a mask or taken a shot Never had a problem with that . I have been right since day 1 …..it all starts with …NEVER QUARANTINE A HEALTYH POPULATION
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97 against 51 means lefties are about 95% more stupid than conservatives.
97% Why am I not surprised?
Ask them another question, while at it.
If they seriously believe emissions are going to lead to disaster, why are they not picketing the Chinese embassies? Why do they care so passionately about reducing the US 5 bilion tons a year, or the UK 450 million, but not the Chinese 10 billion and rising?
Or the Chinese increasing coal use? And construction of coal fired electricity plants at home and around the world?
Socialist CO2 has no bad affects.
97 is the new 42. 😉
Check their work! At the politico.com/news link I found this …
More details on the poll and its methodology can be found in this spreadsheet.
Following the link I found a 1471 page text document that I’m sure had some data in it but it was not readable and in no way a spreadsheet. Not useful.
I’m suspicious.
Here’s a shortcut for you, based on prior observations: Politico is biased trash, lies, and propaganda, thus worthless. Done and done.
The quoted conclusions have all the earmarks of coming from a “push poll”.
(E.g. – “Would you rather pay for Climate Action yourself or would you prefer the government funding?“)
Donuts to Dollars (remember when the values were the other way ’round?) they never asked if the respondents if Climate Action was necessary, (and if so how would they rank the issue on their current items of concern).
Where do they think the money for govt funding comes from?
They’re idiots.
Everyone knows that all government funding comes from printing presses.
Of course they do, until they’re asked to contribute their part. In fact they could start doing that right now without asking and show us how it’s done.
“The world is on fire …”, to support that nutty headline the Politico article is headed by a photo of a fire burning in the Sequoia National Forest California.
Do the lunatics of the Left realize that the fire frequency in the Sequoia Nation Forest is about as low as it has been in the past three thousand years, or do they care?
“The world is on fire”, to support that nutty headline the Politico article is headed by a photo of a fire burning in the Sequoia Forest California.
Do the lunatics of the Left realize that the fire frequency in the Sequoia Nation Forest is about as low as it has been in the past three thousand years, or do they care?
Sorry about the double post.
Good comment, worth double take
You can say that again
It’s all virtue signaling noise. I firmly believe that CAGW forecasts are vastly inflated, yet we are the only family in the neighborhood that hangs our laundry to dry in seasonable weather. In fact, we have to hide our line drying behind a six-foot fence, as it’s illegal in my village.
It would be interesting to know how many “progressive” cities and towns have similar ordances.
That’s a weird one but have heard of that
As it’s cold much of the time here in calgary I have a retractable clothes line in my hallway and hang all my clothes to dry indoor year round.
Not because I believe AGW claptrap but to save my clothes, nothing beats them up like a hot dryer
I have pants and sateen cotton dress shirts for work that are 7-8 years old, still look great.
Used to get 3 years max.
Plus, adds moisture to my air, good for me, plants, hardwood floors
What’s not to like
Good on you mate. I just find it so hypocritical for the Greens to demand inefficient wind and solar energy while simultaneously banning the most efficient use of wind and solar energy.
An inconvenient truth about the inconvenience of hanging laundry.
The 97% thinks solving the problem won’t require money, especially their money
The 97% has no engineering experience, and probably no science experience
The 97% thinks electricity just comes out of the wall.
The 97% have no idea what they are talking about
… I am sure y’all can add to this list …
Sure
There is no 97%
Except Rotten Tomatoes for Pam and Tommy
That show is a riot