Global warming policy can sound pretty good one sound byte at a time. But as Americans learn more, they are buying it a lot less.
That is because Americans are beginning to understand that a cap-and-trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is nothing more than a regressive tax that will raise energy prices and cost Americans jobs – all for little, if any, environmental gain.
It is shaping up that if Congress passes any version of a cap-and-trade bill, just like the stimulus spending, it will come with large public dissent. In fact, a recent Gallup pole announced that
Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. This is up from just 30% in 2006.
And maybe that is why we are starting to see a ramp up in the rhetoric from the global warming alarmists. The numbers don’t lie; support for global warming policies are eroding, faster than polar ice caps, as it turns out.
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[Shades of 2007, when a surge of science refuting AWG was successfully countered with massive PR stunts and fawning media coverage - ergo...
"The Age of Stupid" Cometh
"What frame of mind were we in to face extinction and simply shrug it off?"
That powerful question is central to "The Age of Stupid," a climate change 'documentary' that aims to hit every viewer (and they're hoping for 250 million of them) where it hurts, and turn them into climate change activists.
The film premieres in London on March 15, then in the U.S. in May, by which time its makers hope to have started a global movement.
The filmmakers have their sights set squarely on the upcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen, and they've joined the umbrella campaign group "Not Stupid".
The European Parliament, the Dutch Parliament, the British Parliament have already seen the film, and the United Nations has requested a screening. Director Franny Armstrong isn't shy about her determination to influence the U.S.
"In terms of climate change, the U.S. is the most important, both politically and in terms of emissions," ... "Obama can radically change the U.S. approach to climate change in Copenhagen, so our focus is definitely on him."
But can a film really rally public opinion enough to compel politicians into taking significant environmental action?
[The campaign intensifies]
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