Americans unconcerned with ‘climate change’, poll shows
If concern is measured by one’s readiness to spend money, then most Americans are relatively unconcerned with the “threat of climate change,” according to a new poll by CRC Advisors for the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI).
The poll, which surveyed 1,600 American voters, found that 41% of Americans would not be willing to spend even $1 to fight “climate change,” including 25% of voters 18-24 and 30% of those aged 25-34. An additional 17% would be willing to shell out no more than $10 to stop the changing weather.
“Most Americans remain unwilling to pay for the enormous costs of climate change policies,” CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Director Myron Ebell told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. “The Biden administration’s anti-energy regulatory policies are already costing Americans more than $10 a month in higher gasoline and electricity prices . . . and these costs are just the beginning.”
“The Biden administration’s goal of replacing all conventional energy with renewable energy would cost every American thousands of dollars a month, which no respondent of this poll says they would be willing to pay,” Ebell added.
Indeed, an October poll by Harvard and HarrisX showed similar results. When offered a choice between lower gasoline prices and energy independence or higher gasoline prices and fighting climate change, 80% of American voters chose the former.
Furthermore, 58% of Americans see climate change either as a long-term threat or not a threat at all while only 14% said climate change is an important issue facing the country today.
In a further damning referendum on current climate change policies, 40% of Americans said the Biden administration’s energy and climate policies made them more likely to vote Republican in the 2022 midterm elections.
But the Biden administration has nevertheless called climate change “an existential threat,” and has toyed with declaring it a national emergency akin to COVID-19. The Federal Reserve is conducting a new “climate scenario” simulation with six of the country’s largest banks to manage “climate-related financial risks.” In July, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said climate change is a military matter, as it can “force” the military to intervene in climate-fueled conflicts and other situations.
