Thursday, March 4, 2010

Where are these *sceptics* from

Now that we have identified some of the characteristics of the "Climate Change sceptics" it’s worth asking the question - "Where are they from"?

And the answer is that almost exclusively they come from just four countries - The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom and Australia. My simple calculation shows that well over 90% of the so called "sceptics" are from these regions. So not only do they have the characteristics that I identified a couple of days ago - they also inhabit some of the most industrialised of the western nations.

Its worth noting that none of the sceptics are from China or India - or at least none that I can find and there are few across the rest of the Asian landscape. The Asian countries in particular seem to get the size, scale and extent of this problem much better than almost anywhere else on the planet. And in their usual diligent way they are working away to deal with the problem.

My guess is that these western countries will still be "delaying" and in "denial" well after China, India and the rest of Asia have moved down the path toward mitigation.

But that won't bother any of the *sceptics* - who will be way past their use by date and pushing up daisies. But it will bother our children and grandchildren.

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