According to new survey, Americans support strong climate, energy policies

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Published: Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 10:27 in Earth & Climate

Despite a sharp drop in public concern over global warming, Americans—regardless of political affiliation—support the passage of federal climate and energy policies, according to the results of a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The survey found support for:

Funding more research on renewable energy, such as solar and wind power (85 percent)
Tax rebates for people buying fuel-efficient vehicles or solar panels (82 percent)
Establishing programs to teach Americans how to save energy (72 percent)
Regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant (71 percent)
School curricula to teach children about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming (70 percent)
Signing an international treaty that requires the United States to cut emissions of carbon dioxide 90 percent by the year 2050 (61 percent)
Establishing programs to teach Americans about global warming (60 percent).

more:
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/02/04/according.new.survey.americans.support.strong.climate.energy.policies

The people are less timid than their leaders....

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1. How was the poll worded?

People are all for any kind of lofty goal, so long as it has no tradeoffs and costs nothing.

Remember the Onion poll? "99% of People Agree: Everyone Else Should be Using Mass Transit"