The fraction of Americans who “believe in” global warming has dropped from 70% to 63% over the last six months, according to this article:
Only 42% of those surveyed believed that there is consensus among scientists about climate change. To quote from the article, “This is a problem – both because it is so at odds with reality, and because it likely helps prevent more Americans from recognizing and accepting some pretty straightforward scientific realities.”
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The really important questions about the science of global warming are not pretty straightforward scientific realities, they are actually nuanced and complex and poorly understood. This means the American people are wise not to accept a consensus view on an issue still not understood. The numbers dropping may have something to do with the fact that there has been no global warming since 1998. There has been a realisation that other things need to be included in the models of global climate to make them more representative, which is the same thing as saying all the models from the 1990s were worthless, which means there is probably no positive feedback mechanism for CO2 and no danger of the end of the world. Me? I do not believe any of the modelling. I think we do not understand these systems yet at all and we should focus on reducing pollution to cut back smog, not CO2. Bring on the Nuclear Power!