*Who are the climate change deniers?* The core trend in global climate change has not changed in the last couple of years (graph 1). It does not matter how rich or poor the person is (graph 2), or how educated (though I would personally use the term literate and not educated for this group). A persons political affiliation matters, a majority of climate change deniers are Republican (graph 3). And, the more religious the person is, the more likely they are to deny climate change (graph 4). All graphs from Randal Olsons post: goo.gl/f10d8g The implication of all this is best captured in a comment on Randals post: Climate change denial isn’t about facts, logic, evidence, or reason. It’s about identity. Special interests tied climate change denial to being a Republican and a Christian, and they tied climate change acceptance to being a Liberal and an atheist. By doing so, they made it so that people feel their entire identity is threatened if they admit that 7 billion people’s actions have the ability to change the world. We need new frames for the discussion. Special interests setup the bullshit of science versus religion, even though there’s nothing anti-religious about wanting to care for the Earth, and wanting to ensure that humanity can continue to thrive. We need to tear down that frame, and create a saner frame. Less pointing fingers, more using this data to create a new frame for having a discussion.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:31:31 +0000
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