Poll: American opinion on climate change warms upWell, maybe....
77 percent support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant
87 percent support funding more research into renewable energy sources )
83 percent support tax rebates for people who buy fuel-efficient vehicles and solar panels
65 percent support signing an international treaty that requires the United States to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide 90 percent by the year 2050
61 percent support requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if it cost the average household an extra $100 per year
Support for expanding offshore drilling for oil and natural gas off the U.S. coast fell to 62 percent
Voters in recent months have been increasingly skeptical of the idea that global warming is chiefly caused by human activity, but the number who blame long term planetary trends instead has now fallen back to its lowest level in nearly a year.A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 40% of Likely U.S. Voters now say global warming is caused primarily by human activity, while slightly more (44%) say long term planetary trends are to blame. Five percent (5%) blame some other reason, and 10% are not sure. [read more]
Obviously different subsets of the population. I'm guessing the first group are Federal government employees and college students studying political science... although even the Rasmussen poll shows more people once again believing in human activity as the primary cause of global warming [which may or may not be occurring].
I like the part about "even if it costs the average household an extra $100 per year."