Ok. Elsewhere, a Pew research Center poll shows the majority of Americans 71%.
In fact believe that the climate crisis is causing at least some harm
in people's lives.
The poll revealed Americans have a dim view
on how climate change is affecting the country
after a summer of extreme weather wreaking havoc across the country.
A team of researchers found nearly half of
Americans expect that they'll have to make minor sacrifices
over the course of their lifetimes due to climate impacts.
About 28% of people said they expect to make
no sacrifices at all due to climate change.
What do you think?
I think as, as pessimistic as this study is, this is realistic.
This is the life we've been living you and I cover the weather,
we talk about it every single day.
I'm glad that the percentage is as high as 71%.
It's a little disappointing that a fraction of that number said they're
not going to change anything in their lifestyle or throughout their lives.
But the numbers as far as being aware of climate change is getting higher and higher,
I don't think we would have seen 71% a few years ago.
Yeah.
And I think it makes sense.
I mean, I, we can speak to our experience,
at least on the east coast this summer everyone saw the dramatic impact
of the wildfires that smoke coming all the way down from Canada.
So we didn't even have the worst of it. Right. A recent flooding, of course, and
pollution in the city.
You know, I was, I was on my family vacation a few weeks ago in Colorado.
The air was so fresh there.
Then you come back to the city and there's things to love about the city,
but there's a lot of pollution out there as well.
And you're right, you smell it.
You definitely notice that drastic change when you come from somewhere
like Colorado or Oregon or somewhere with that fresh fresh air.
Right.