Anonymous, informal, survey of 105 random people in Palo Alto.  Poll conducted in person by David Page, daily, between 1/4/20 - 1/7/20.   Questions were asked in a variety of Palo Alto, California, USA locations; respondents were allowed to read the written question as well as listen   to it verbally.  Questions were strictly open-ended; no prompts were given. 

 

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 Question1   What are, or will be, the worst consequences of the global atmosphere warming up? 

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 Question 2:  What are the major causes of this heating of the climate? 

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 Question 3: How do individuals create pollution (your “Carbon Footprint”)? 

 

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 Question1  What are, or will be, the worst consequences of the global atmosphere warming up? 

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 22% - “sea level rise/floods” 

 20% - “human mega-death / human death” 

 20% - “plant/animal species extinction” “eco-system/habitat/nature destruction” 

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 12% - “losses of food/agriculture” 

 11% - “climate refugees/migration” 

 11% - “extreme weather disasters” 

 10% - “DON’T KNOW” 

 9%  -  “heat/drought” 

 7%  -  “fires” 

 5%  -  “children / next generation” 

 4%  -  “hoax / scam / conspiracy to create one world government” 

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 other - “disease / economic disaster / resource wars / destruction of infrastructure” 

 

 

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 Question 2:  What are the major causes of this heating of the climate? 

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 54% - “fossil-fuel pollution / CO2 emissions / greenhouse gases” 

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 22% - “manufacturing/industry” “business/corporations” “lack of govt regulation” 

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 12% - “cyclical / earth’s orbit / natural / NOT humans / scam/hoax / volcanoes” 

 11% - “cows/beef/diary” “meat/agriculture” “methane” 

  8% - “cars” 

  5% - “china/india” “big countries” 

  4% - “DON’T KNOW” 

  4% - “ozone” 

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 other “shipping/hvac/mining/plastics/garbage/airplanes/greed/deforestation/population” 

 

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 Question 3:  How do individuals create pollution (your “Carbon Footprint”)? 

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 54% - “litter/waste/garbage/plastics” “lifestyle/consumption/product purchases” 

 47% - “cars” 

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 19% - “meat / food / diet” 

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 13% - “shipping / transportation / travel” 

 11% - “airplanes” 

 9% - “hvac / electricity” 

 8% - “NOT fault of individuals” “corporations / factories / machines” 

 6% - “DON’T KNOW” 

 5% - “burning wood/garbage/trees/bushes” 

 4% - “cigarettes” 

 4% - “people don’t care / people don’t know” 

 3% - “aerosols” 

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 other - “fentanyl / scam / noise / coal/oil / greed” 

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