Climate Change

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Climate Change

Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change

Why humans are so bad at acting to resolve climate change? *

1 point

People are not motivated by fear- or guilt-based messages

People just don't care about polar bears

People think other things are more important

An asteroid will destroy the earth long before climate change!

Why can't governments solve the problem? *

1 point

Governments don't care

The problem isn't easily solved by the way our institutions make decisions

We need to vote for different people

Governments are corrupt

What "enormous, scary climate problem" has humanity faced before? *

1 point

The Ice Age

Asteroid strike

The Hole in the Ozone Layer

Bird Flu

What caused the Hole in the Ozone Layer *

1 point

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Methane (CH4)

Why haven't people acted to stop releasing greenhouse gases (GHG's)? *

1 point

GHG's are yummy

GHG's are nice

GHG's are necessary

GHG's are invisible

What was the goal of the UCLA Engage Project? *

1 point

To stop people using electricity

To make energy use more visible

To help people recycle more

To help people compost more

What did the UCLA Engage Project researchers discover? *

1 point

Where people were willing to cut back their energy use

Where people lived

Which people used the most electricity

Which electricity generating plants were the most efficient

Telling people how much they could save by reducing their electricity use didn't help - but what did cause people to reduce their electricity use? *

1 point

Door-to-door campaigns explaining the harms of climate change

Emails from the government asking people to reduce their electricity use

Emails threatening people to reduce their electricity use

Emails linking the amount of pollutants produced to rates of childhood asthma and cancer

How does 'social pressure' cause people to reduce their energy use? *

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