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People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity
Posted on 7/15/14 at 11:33 am
Posted on 7/15/14 at 11:33 am
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People who say they are concerned about climate change use more electricity than those who say the issue is 'too far away to worry about', government-commissioned study finds
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Those who say they are concerned about the prospect of climate change consume more energy than those who say it is “too far into the future to worry about,” the study commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change found.
That is in part due to age, as people over 65 are more frugal with electricity but much less concerned about global warming.
However, even when pensioners are discounted, there is only a “weak trend” to show that people who profess to care about climate change do much to cut their energy use.
The findings were based on the Household Electricity Survey, which closely monitored the electricity use and views of 250 families over a year. The report, by experts from Loughborough University and Cambridge Architectural Research, was commissioned and published by DECC.
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The researchers wrote: “Taken all together, householders who strongly agreed they were not worried about climate change because it was too far in the future in fact used less electricity rather than more, counter to the hypothesis that households concerned about climate change use less electricity.
“However, we found this was largely due to the effect of age, as older households were much more likely to agree with this statement, and also had lower energy consumption.
“When we separated the pensioner households from the younger ones, there was no significant relationship between this statement and energy use in the pensioner group, and only a weak trend among younger households."
Posted on 7/15/14 at 11:35 am to BugAC
so in effect, changers are coal rolling all of us
Posted on 7/15/14 at 11:41 am to BugAC
The people who drive plug in cars as well never seem to realize that the vast majority of our electrical generation comes from fossil fuels.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 11:51 am to BugAC
this is in the UK, so may not apply here.
I will say it makes sense, those who agree with climate change have higher levels of education, more education means more money (usually), more money means more vacations, bigger houses, more gadgets, etc.
I will say it makes sense, those who agree with climate change have higher levels of education, more education means more money (usually), more money means more vacations, bigger houses, more gadgets, etc.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 11:58 am to BugAC
quote:Look mofo. I'll have you know.... that most of those people tweeted a hash tag. Some of them several hash tags. Don't you think they've suffered enough already?
People who say they are concerned about climate change use more electricity
This post was edited on 7/15/14 at 11:59 am
Posted on 7/15/14 at 12:07 pm to BugAC
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People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity
Thus disproving the science.
Brilliant research AC!
BTW - I'm not going to pay for climate change twice. Let me know when the rest of you want to get on board.
Posted on 7/15/14 at 12:15 pm to BugAC
They actively fight the proliferation of nuclear energy which is cheap, harmless and safe (our newest plant is from the 70s)
So in a manner, they keep the coal train rolling while voting for regulations that makes it more expensive. See this is why I hate liberals. For the most part they're too stupid to see that they act against their self interests both real and disingenuous.
So in a manner, they keep the coal train rolling while voting for regulations that makes it more expensive. See this is why I hate liberals. For the most part they're too stupid to see that they act against their self interests both real and disingenuous.
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