Dear Steele,

The link was given by the poster you mention
on page 22 of this discussion. I felt
it important to give some background information on
the organisation. The whole point was to get people
to look up the organisation and make up their own
minds about its cred. Occupational habit, to give
people the necessary data and information.

However, regarding this poster - I really do try
to refrain from getting involved - for obvious
reasons.

Foxy wrote: "The findings were that almost 90% of the world believes
that climate change is real."

Well that's very true. But its only part of the story.

Surprising (grin) Foxy decided to not tell the full story because the poll had also asked about the beliefs as to the cause of the climate change. They provided a breakdown between those who thought human activity was "MAINLY" responsible, those who thought human activity was "PARTLY" responsible, those who thought the changes had NOTHING to do with human activity, and final those who thought there was no change.

Foxy provides the total of the first three, but (and I can't imagine why - /sarc) doesn't provide the breakdown.

Now I know the breakdown of the numbers, but I thought I'd let Foxy provide them in a follow-up post since it would do her the world of good to provide the unvarnished truth for a change.

But just for fun these are the Australian numbers:

5% think the climate isn't changing. So 95% think it is. That's the number Foxy wants you to focus on.

But that 95% breaks down into:
5% who think humans don't cause any of the change
43% who think humans aren't the main cause of the change.
44% who think humans are the main cause.

I don't know why Foxy wouldn't have passed on all those numbers (smile). Surely she wasn't trying to hide anything - perish the thought. Perhaps, as with most things, she read the headlines and didn't bother with the details. Details after all can be sooooo confusing.

So come on Foxy. Give us the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It'll be a nice change for you.

mhaze,

I did give the name of the survey so that people
could look it up for themselves. I only gave
a few stats - because my main point was in my last
couple of paragraphs. Which you seem to have missed.

However, I am pleased that I have inspired you to
find the survey and that you got the information
you were looking for. Glad to have helped.

You're welcome.

Foxy wrote: "The findings were that almost 90% of the world believes
that climate change is real."

Let's also put that word BELIEVE into a context.

Kids with Muslim parents believe in Islam
Kids with Christian parents believe in Christianity
Etc,

And just like them Greta Thunberg is a little muppet being lead by other muppets.

Dear AC,

I don't understand your specific kind of reasoning - but
I do admire your total commitment to it.

Climate change IS The Muppet Show...

The Muppet Show Theme (Season Five)
http://youtu.be/EJ9yAV8uQ7g

It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to get things started on the muppet show tonight

It's time to put on makeup
It's time to dress up right
It's time to raise the curtain on the muppet show tonight

Statler : "Why do we always come here?"
Waldorf "I guess we'll never know"
Statler: "It's like a kind of torture"
Both together: "To have to watch the show!"