If a new poll identified an overwhelming majority of Americans favored increased energy costs associated with a global warming bill currently before Congress, do you think media would report it?
Probably 24 hours a day, seven days a week until every citizen had heard about it, correct?
Well, on Wednesday, the National Center for Public Policy Research, an admittedly conservative think tank, released a poll conducted by Wilson Research Strategies which found "65% of Americans reject spending even a penny more for gasoline in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" (emphasis added throughout):
Just as the U.S. Senate is poised to vote on the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act (S. 2191), a new poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose the higher energy costs that Lieberman-Warner would impose.
The poll, conducted by the Public Opinion and Policy Center of the National Center for Public Policy Research, found that 65% of Americans reject spending even a penny more for gasoline in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The number rejecting raising gas prices in an effort to combat global warming has increased by 17 percentage points -- or 35% -- in just over two months. The National Center conducted a similar survey in late February.
An additional 13% oppose spending more than 5% more for gasoline to attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Lieberman-Warner plan would increase petroleum prices by 5.9% by 2015, according to Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Other studies indicate the plan would push prices even higher.
For those unfamiliar with the bill:
The America's Climate Security Act (S. 2191), which could be voted on in the U.S. Senate as early as June 2, would place strict caps on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that power plants, fuel refiners and producers, chemical producers and other manufacturers may release into the atmosphere. The proposal -- frequently referred to as a "cap-and-trade" plan -- would also establish an emissions trading system that would permit companies that emit fewer greenhouse gases than they are allowed to sell the excess portion to companies that exceed their allowances. The Act's sponsors estimate that the bill would reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by up to 63% by 2050.
As this could be voted on as early as next Monday, one would think this poll would get a lot of attention...only in a world where media haven't bought into the global warming myth hook, line, and sinker that is.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Well a combo of two
May 28, 2008 - 12:22 ET by taterWell a combo of two things...high gas prices already, and the fact that more people are waking up to the global warming hoax.
"They need to have a course in college called common sense and everyone should take it. Problem is there isn't too many people that could pass or teach it." -my grandfather
Yep,
May 28, 2008 - 14:14 ET by 10ksnookerI have been looking for a new car to replace the 20 year old truck I have, the abject desperation at new car dealers is hard to hide. Some have no personnel manning the sales floor, and most are fed up with the lies. The places are like morgues. A while back one showroom I visited, I had talked to a very nice young sales guy who was enamoured with Obambi's health care freebies. I noticed when I returned, he had been fired --- Hey hey, ho ho, where did my job go.
Same is true when you go to the grocery store. Prices are going up faster than Jimmuh Carter made them. It's all people want to talk about.
I just got back from visiting relatives in NH who suffered through $1000 a month heating bills and sky high heating bills are continuing to this day. It's cold.
The drive-by media types are doing there best to hump up the hurricane season, but it is still unusually cool in south Florida ... Hoax fatigue is taking hold.
Meanwhile, the sun is quiet and the ice is thick. Before long, even the most ignorant will notice, that paying more in taxes so government can pretend to control the weather is a hoax.
WE need to drill, drill, drill
May 28, 2008 - 17:37 ET by ChiefE9Sign the petition.
http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/?Guid=54ec6e43-75a8-445b-aa7b-346a1e096659
Global warming is a hoax that makes a lot of people rich
May 28, 2008 - 17:25 ET by ChiefE9If the politicians sign up to that Senate bill and the carbon scams we will be paying $8.00 or more in the near future for gasoline and diesel fuel
England already is proposing a carbon card where anytime you buy gasoline, diesel fuel, or home heating fuel you will use the card and they will charge you credits. When you run out you have to contact the Government and they will locate a poor person and you can buy his carbon credits at a cost.
The Brits are irate.
Truth ... who cares
May 28, 2008 - 12:24 ET by MeanderingThe left-wing media don't care about truth and accuracy, they are pushing their agenda. Plus, politicians don't care what the majority of Americans think, they just want to push their agenda. As far as going against global warming, "the science has been settled". Its like we don't have a voice anymore. Its really frustrating!
Too much Govt! They don't get it!
May 28, 2008 - 12:38 ET by MaximusBraveheartGovernment interference is already causing much of the gas price problems. Ethanol, scads of blends of gas REQUIRED in different parts of the country and changes with season, restricted drilling, restricted refineries...Where does it end? Now they want more laws and restrictions? CO2 is great stuff; JUST like OXYGEN IS! It is proven to let plants grow faster. To think otherwise is just SILLY as "MR CRABS" would say on Sponge Bob. Greenhouse gas BS is WAY overblown and NOT a significant contributor. Solar cycles baby! That is the main cause of warming. Public wake up! Throw these clowns out on the street!
Here's how settled...
May 28, 2008 - 13:07 ET by ontheright...the science is. Just a couple of liberal myths, busted. But who needs science and/or facts??
http://www.myheritage.org/Issues/MythBusters/GlobalWarmingKyotoEurope.asp
http://globalwarminginperspective.wordpress.com/global-warming-myth-vs-reality/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_12_20/ai_n25092754
And this surprising piece from ABC news; Stossel is a good writer/reporter however (IMHO).
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JZS/is_12_20/ai_n25092754
Global Warming Myths
May 28, 2008 - 19:50 ET by PopularTechFallacies about Global Warming (Science & Public Policy Institute)
Five Biggest Myths about Global Warming (The Washington Examiner)
Global Warming: Fact and Myth (S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences)
Global Warming Myths (Friends of Science)
Green Myths On Global Warming - Debunked (The Association of British Drivers, UK)
Heartland President Debunks Global Warming Myths (The Heartland Institute)
Myths and Facts About the Environment (National Center for Public Policy Research)
Myths of Global Warming (National Center for Policy Analysis)
The Global Warming Myth? (John Stossel, ABC News)
Top 10 Climate Myth-Busters for 2007 (Steve Milloy, B.A. Natural Sciences, M.S. Health Sciences)
Top 10 Environmental Myths (PDF) (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Top 10 'Global-Warming' Myths (Human Events)
The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource
If people had been told the
May 28, 2008 - 12:30 ET by mattmIf people had been told the truth: that APGW is a politically motivated hoax, and that there are abundant energy supplies on earth, nobody would favor paying higher prices.
This poll proves that 35% of the people are ignorant.
We have plenty of Oil left
May 28, 2008 - 19:53 ET by PopularTechThis is probably one of the biggest Myths - that we are running out of oil:
Myth: The World Is Running Out of Oil (Video) (5min) (John Stossel, 20/20)
- 2 Trillion barrels of oil are in the United States Oil-Shale Reserves (USGS)
- 580 Billion barrels of oil are in Russia's Arctic Ocean Shelf (Source)
- 400 Billion barrels of oil are under the Arctic Ocean (Source)
- 175 Billion barrels of oil are in the Oil Sands of Alberta, Canada (Source)
- 10.6 Billion barrels of oil are in the National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA) in Alaska (USGS)
- 10.4 Billion barrels of oil are in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska (USGS)
- 4.3 Billion barrels of oil are in the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana (USGS)
- 4.0 Billion barrels of oil are in the Central North Slope in Alaska (USGS)
For comparison:
- 260 Billion barrels of oil are in Saudi Arabia (EIA)
- 80 Billion barrels of oil are in Venezuela (EIA)
The Anti 'Man-Made' Global Warming Resource
It's a HARD habit to break
May 28, 2008 - 12:36 ET by upcountrywaterspending some elses money.
algore companies ready to recieve that influx of STOLEN taxed cash!
63% reduction by 2050, that would put us just behind Ohjerkistan.
Liberals62%
IranianUranium
Why has this not
May 28, 2008 - 12:48 ET by red_dragon311Why has this not been reported on.
It should be the biggest news ....ever
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
Answer
May 28, 2008 - 12:55 ET by FoolicanBecause it was reported a LONG time ago, and it gave the environmentalists more fuel for their fire:
So now we have seven years to save the planet from a scorching. (This means it'll be all McCain's fault.)
but i don't get how
May 28, 2008 - 13:07 ET by red_dragon311but i don't get how can it give them more fuel.......this proves that we getting cooler now when we heard a few years ago that we were all doomed in 10 years.
so 2 or 3 years later we find that we are cooling but don't worry we get hotter again in 2015.
maybe i am just dumb, but isn't it imposslible for us to be cooling, with all this C02 we produce?
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
rd311,This is the best way to determine if we are getting cooler
May 28, 2008 - 14:04 ET by upcountrywaterNO SUNSPOTS TODAY.
We will continue to have a cool spring and summer!!
If no sunspots, pop up for 6 months, this winter will really be COLD!
More oil and gas burned to heat homes. Ouch.
Liberals62%
IranianUranium
No - unless Americans are shown to be ignorant little
May 28, 2008 - 13:10 ET by Gary HallNo. The media usually will keep such poll results out of the news - unless, they can spin it to show how, unlike the socialist leaning and much wiser Europeans, Americans are an ignorant little selfish lot, who care more about their personal comforts than about Mother Earth.
This reminds me of yet another un-reported poll, last week:
Certainly the stuff that our MSM does not want out there during a presidental election season. What "we the people" want, is not what the MSM wants.
Yes Gary I imagine this si
May 28, 2008 - 14:18 ET by Dan The Man 2Yes Gary I imagine this si a good thing "The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 62% of voters would prefer fewer government services with lower taxes" but what constitutes fewer services means the services I dont use. Same analogy the Kennedy's use for windpower, it is a good thing just not in my part of teh country.
So all is fine and dandy until the loss of services affects people directly. We have lost the the idea of being self sufficient apart from government.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
dan the man..
May 28, 2008 - 15:16 ET by Gary HallI suspect a curious point here might be: Does the 62% of those surveyed know that they are in the majority? I suspect not. I think that if the question, to the same folks, was: "Do you believe most Americans want fewer government services and lower taxes?" -- that the respondents would struggle with their answer. In then end, the MSM is most successful in their agenda pushing mode, via their ability to keep the reader and the viewer in the dark. Folks begin to loose confidence in their own personally held views. (;~> gary
63%
May 28, 2008 - 13:20 ET by Eileen Rightknow we've been played by Al Gore and his congressional / media cronies, the other 27% expect their new Messiah will exercise his divine powers to control our climate.
So my job is to tell the truth, to be straight with the American people about how I intend to end climate change, BHO - Dem Debate - MSNBC - 15 Jan 2007,
Okay. A question. How
May 28, 2008 - 13:43 ET by Cureboy675Okay. A question. How often do the majority of Americans favor an increase of taxes? I don't remember too many marches on Washington with people holding up signs saying, "Raise my taxes!!". Or many exit polls where people said, "I voted against the incumbent candidate because he simply refused to raise taxes"
People don't like their taxes raised...period. I'm surprised the number was as low as 65%.
Why then is Barak H-word
May 28, 2008 - 13:52 ET by red_dragon311Why then is Barak H-word Obama doing so well?
OH YEA, he hasen't out and out said he will raise taxes.
when he says "change" he means the change in your pockets
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
Maybe he would rather get
May 28, 2008 - 13:59 ET by balboaMaybe he would rather get into a "No. New. Taxes."-type of situation? ;-)
that WAS a f*** up
May 28, 2008 - 14:07 ET by red_dragon311that WAS a f*** up by Bush 41.
but if you don't talk about taxes, then you can't be grilled if you do raise taxes
and what HAS Barak H-word Obama said he would do?
change....change what, what is it he has said he will change,
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
You are correct, red
May 28, 2008 - 14:18 ET by balboaYou are correct, red dragon. BHO has done a tremendous smoke and mirror job with the primaries. He doesn't have a lot of concrete experience, so instead his camp has sold a concept to people, an idea, that many are gobbling up.
i'm not too sure Barak
May 28, 2008 - 14:33 ET by red_dragon311i'm not too sure Barak H-word Obama has done the job with the smoke and mirrors, it's the media prasiing his bowel movments,
" I have never seen a turd so perfect, look at how it sits there on it's side, and what a wondersmell it produces.... like fresh baked cookies"
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
Full moon and empty head
May 28, 2008 - 14:34 ET by FoolicanIt's like this Mr. Ear satire I did (and thankfully haven't released to the public). In a campaign rally, the protagonist cries passionately, "I cannot promise you lower taxes. I can promise you a new administration!" and the crowd goes wild. The mentality is always "nothing can be worse than what we have now."
Imagine what the standards will be in 20 years.
you're right fool
May 28, 2008 - 14:38 ET by candanceThe mentality is always "nothing can be worse than what we have now."
Famous last words of the Germans when they voted for Adolf Hitler or the Russians who backed Joseph Stalin.
Anyone who looks to the government to save them will be in for a rude awakening.
I actually got into a
May 28, 2008 - 14:27 ET by SnappyI actually got into a discussion with one of my Liberal associates about taxes and asked him if he was for an increase to pay for the health care etc being proposed by the new messiah. He flat out said he was for higher taxes and would be willing to pay them to support these programs.... how do you argue with the sheer idiocy and willingness to work hard to take food off your table for someones elses?
that's nothing snappy
May 28, 2008 - 14:30 ET by candanceA few weeks ago a school teacher told me the Constitution doesn't work in modern society and it's time for our leaders to grow beyond the founding fathers.
What about the constitution
May 28, 2008 - 14:50 ET by ThatDudeWhat about the constitution doesn't work? The only problems I've seen with the constitution are that it's being treated as a living constitution and lawyers/judges completely ignore the document unless they can spin it to fit their own purpose. I can't believe that the government, media, and so many of the public are buying all this waste that does nothing but rob the american people.
I'm tired of the candidates saying that they will punish the oil companies. they've already punished them in so many ways and their solution to energy prices is to do nothing but cause them to skyrocket. The gas tax holiday is the only somewhat useful plan any of the three candidates have proposed, though it would only do so much good in the short run. Of course we should keep looking into alternative energy solutions. The problem is that it takes time to implement any viable solutions we discover. One of the few that would be greatly effective and takes less time is to make use of nuclear energy far more. Till we're able to implement different energy solutions, we should end these government constrictions on the oil companies and ease the cost to everyone.
An easy way to cripple America's economy is to raise the price of all oil products. It seems that the democrats have caused a problem that the media believes they can solve while their policies will only make matters worse.
Email your congress criters
May 28, 2008 - 15:29 ET by dscottEmail your congress criters today!!!! Flood them with emails, overload their servers.
Tell them NO to Lieberman - Warner and NO to any more meddling with the country's energy supplies. Cap and Trade didn't do the Europeans any good, we reduced our energy consumption as much if not more than they did through basic capitalism seeking to increase the bottom line by increasing efficiency.
You want to know why the average European household uses less electricity than Americans, NO AIR CONDITIONING!!! DUH!!! You can buy all the compact fluorescent bulbs you want to save electricity on lighting but that will never compensate for air conditioning. It's good to save money, so buy the CPLs but don't be under any illusion that you'll use as little as Europeans unless you are willing to turn off your A/C. Look at the globe, what latitude is Europe???? Go on you lazy slugs I'm not going to tell you, look it up yourself and tell us what state in the union is France or Germany on parr with?
You want to know why European businesses spend less on energy than US businesses??? They operate around 30% less hours than their US counterparts. You want to match the European profile of energy use? Roll up the sidewalks at 5 or 6 p.m. and no Sunday hours. No 24/7 stores allowed! Yeap, let's get back to the 1950's model of operation and you'll match the European's energy use. The ugly secret is American businesses are way more energy efficient than European ones on a hourly basis because of utilization based on capitalism.
Btw - that's why European unemployment is stubbornly high in the 9 to 10% range. Less operating hours means less labor hours needed, less labor hours means less people.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Economy already doing what tax is designed to do
May 28, 2008 - 16:17 ET by nkviking75For the sake of argument, let's pretend Global Warming is true. Why pass a law to accomplish what the economy is already doing, jacking energy prices to the stratosphere? All we have to do is keep trying to meet 21st century energy needs with our 1970's energy infrastructure, and prices willcontinue to be high.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Another brilliant idea from
May 28, 2008 - 19:28 ET by ckc1227Another brilliant idea from a liberal politician. How long before it gets floated here?
ckc... That would be one
May 28, 2008 - 19:30 ET by Clear thinkerckc...
That would be one card I would burn immediately.
"Abstain from McCain"
They're already trying to
May 28, 2008 - 19:35 ET by UFOs are RealThey're already trying to do it. They also want the card to contain a secret microchip that emits a homing signal. If you are more than seven blocks from your designated living space, they assume you are about to commit a hate crime in a nearby neighborhood.
Think about it.
Their ideas of ethnicity is to designate a seperate protected shpere of cultureal identity for each city block. That is how they want to control you. . . both with gas consumption, and ethnic identiy. It's all about transportation and the control of social spaces.
Fortunately, real Americans would never stand for this. But I wouldn't put it past Pelosi to stick in into a andendum to a gas tax holiday bill. That way, she can sneak it past us.
It would have zero chance
May 28, 2008 - 19:45 ET by Clear thinkerIt would have zero chance of working in this country. Unless of course Obama becomes president.
"Abstain from McCain"
Newt cut gas prices video
May 28, 2008 - 19:56 ET by acumenHelp Newt fight rising gas prices/Lieberman-Warner.
Shove it greenies
May 28, 2008 - 21:21 ET by dboExxon CEO has more testicular fortitude than Hillary.
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=547068