What does the average person on the street think about global warming?
In Colville, Washington, I stopped in front of the Safeway supermarket and interviewed people. I first asked them their opinion of their governor (Christine Gregoire), then George Bush, and then global warming, followed by some more details on global warming. If I was on a roll, I asked if they supported a tax on gasoline if the money went to renewable energy.
This is a very unscientific survey of five people, but I would say these responses are fairly typical of any random 5 people we would have met across the U.S. It highlights the belief Bill and I have, that there needs to be a major national education campaign around global warming.
And of course, much thanks to these people for agreeing to be interviewed – they were all friendly and approachable, just like most people we have met across the U.S.
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Thanks for those videos. I think you’re right in the sense that those five interviews pretty much represent the average person’s attitude to global warming. What’s so frustrating is that oil companies–Exxon in particular–have spent a lot of money making sure that people are misinformed on the subject, just like the Bush administration worked hard to get people to think that Saddam Hussein had WMDs and that he was somehow responsible for 9/11.
So yes, I agree that we need an education campagin, and we also need to confront those groups that are ignoring science (unfortunately, even the EPA has been ignoring science lately. . .)
Thanks again!