

Sadly the study is paywalled, but I think we get the idea. The findings have important implications for the current efforts to promote climate action in line with the Paris Agreement. The relationships are moderated by regional income level suggesting that climate change experiences increase public support for climate action but only under favourable economic conditions. It is stronger in regions with a cooler Continental or temperate Atlantic climate and weaker in regions with a warmer Mediterranean climate. The magnitude of the climate effect differs substantially across European regions. Our findings show a significant and sizeable effect of temperature anomalies, heat episodes and dry spells on environmental concern and voting for Green parties. To this end, we combined high-resolution climatological data with regionally aggregated, harmonized Eurobarometer data (34 countries) and European Parliamentary electoral data (28 countries). Here, we analyse how the experience of climate extremes influences people’s environmental attitudes and willingness to vote for Green parties in Europe. Public support is fundamental in scaling up actions to limit global warming. Nature Climate Change volume 12, pages 148–155 (2022) Cite this article Roman Hoffmann, Raya Muttarak, Jonas Peisker & Piero Stanig

Of course, the time immediately before domestic electricity was reasonably comfortable and civilized, with historic advances in science taking place without it.According to a new study, big heatwaves and other major weather events drive up the green vote, but only when people feel economically secure.Ĭlimate change experiences raise environmental concerns and promote Green voting That’s a comedy routine, but it does give food for thought. ‘At camp.’” Then, having ended his reference to electricity, he continued with a dystopian vision of the resulting society. And among the many things that computers run that operate on electricity are all of the security systems…”Ĭarlin then went in the direction of the chaos in society when “suddenly, without electricity, all across America, the gates and cell doors of penitentiaries, and mental institutions, would fly open” releasing “the ones who’ve been away.

No computers-and computers run everything. So is water, by the way, so no lights, no fuel, no water. Generators couldn’t be refueled, because fuel is pumped electrically. You’re back to candles, lanterns, campfires and bonfires. All you’d have to do would be-eliminate electricity. Wouldn’t take much … to throw us right back into barbaric times. “This civilization of ours, that we’re so proud of, this civilization with its so-called civilized behavior-you ever stopped and realized how fragile all this is…how easily… break right down? Just break right down! Wouldn’t take much. However, we can get some more insight into his thoughts on electricity, from a one of his standup acts, in which he said: The subject quote, above, is an isolated witticism in his book, Napalm and Silly Putty, and there is no further context on the same subject therein. Napalm and Silly Putty (2002) More George Carlin quotes on science >
