The OC Is Confused About Global Warming

From the OC Register:

Orange County residents are divided nearly in half on the reality of global warming, new survey results show.

The survey, by Brandman University in Irvine, found that a slim majority — 54 percent — say the problem is real and that some action is needed.

“I totally believe in global warming and the whole science,” said one survey respondent, Laurie Reeves, 54, of Cypress. “And I scoff at anyone who doesn’t.”

Totally! (flipping my hair back)  Whole science is cool!

I can scoff too.  Continuing:

But 46 percent said they don’t believe enough is known about global climate change, or feel that worries about the climate are unwarranted.

“I think it’s all made up,” said David Ramocinski, 56, a Villa Park dentist who took part in the survey. “There’s not a lot of scientific data. The global pattern just changes rapidly.”

Some 77 percent of Democrats say climate change is real and requires action, but only 39 percent of Republicans. Of those who decline to state a party or belong to another party, 55 percent agree that the problem is real and requires action.

I have to seriously wonder about their sample in terms of how well it really represents Orange County when I read the numbers above, and these numbers:

A majority, 51 percent, also said they would consider buying an electric car, and 68 percent said it was very likely (20 percent) or somewhat likely (48 percent) that the number of green jobs in Orange County will grow into the thousands.

Green jobs include those found in solar energy, energy conservation, electric vehicles and renewable materials, among others.

“We may end up with a greener economy and a cleaner environment, but it will be for different reasons,” Smoller said — economic reasons rather than concern about climate change.

In car crazy Southern California more than half the people would buy an electric car?? No way.

And the chance of a strong green jobs economy in Orange County are slim at best because as Smoller says the fears of global warming won't be enough to make it happen. It will have to be economically feasible, and right now those technologies simply don't exist in a form that makes economic sense.