Global Warming has been an ongoing debate for years now. This debate is very prevalent with celebrities, different groups, and even presidents, or ran for presidency (Al Gore). While saying this, even though some people support global warming there are also people who think that global warming is just a hoax.
Personally, I think that some sort of global warming is occuring, because let’s face it, it’s the end of February and i’m wearing a leather coat and flats outside.
Like anything, the non-believers are in full force. These are called the ‘global warming deniers’. This group of people who don’t believe that global warming has been occurring believe that the film that Al Gore made is all a giant hoax. The website states “Note: the vilification of Al Gore is best understood in the context of personalisation. When opponents attack something abstract – like science – the public may not associate with the argument. By giving a name and a face and a set of behavioural characteristics – being a rich politician, for example – it is easy to create a fictional enemy through inference and association. Al Gore is a successful politician who presented a film, his training and experience suitable to the task. To invoke Gore is a way to obfuscate about climate science, for which Gore has neither responsibility, claim nor blame.” A lot of the non-believers in global warming show persistent frustration with the fact that movie stars, celebrities, and politicians find interest in global warming and put it into the media, while almost glamorizing the idea, and making it ‘trendy’ to believe in.
The Huffington Post created an interesting article, called ‘ Why Global Warming Still Considered Target of Skepticism For Americans”. This article discusses the fact that one would say the American population as a whole are transitioning into non-believers of global warming, but the truth of the matter is that most Americans are taking a look at the concerning temperature changes and the abnormaly warm winter that we are having in New England. “If you follow the popular polls you might think that Americans are growing ever more skeptical about man-made climate change — despite the consensus among published climate scientists.That’s simply not true, Jon Krosnick of Stanford University told an audience of social scientists and cognitive researchers Wednesday, in Garrison, N.Y. He maintained that most Americans do, in fact, believe”(Huffington Post, Peeples).
The non-believers in global warming think that the beliefs of global warming and how it is getting worse is extremely exaggerated. 
“Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. This represents the highest level of public skepticism about mainstream reporting on global warming seen in more than a decade of Gallup polling on the subject”(gallup.com). It is deffinitely interesting that Americas are starting to think that global warming is more of an exagerated trend than an actual problem. Another interesting quote from this non-believer website is “As recently as 2006, significantly more Americans thought the news underestimated the seriousness of global warming than said it exaggerated it, 38% vs. 30%. Now, according to Gallup’s 2009 Environment survey, more Americans say the problem is exaggerated rather than underestimated, 41% vs. 28%”(gallup.com).
Whether global warming is a real issue or not, it is interesting that the trend in Americans are becoming less interested and more frustrated with what they think is ‘exaggerated’ information.
“Is Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth Accurate?” Global Warming and Climate Change Skepticism Examined. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.skepticalscience.com/al-gore-inconvenient-truth-errors.htm>.
Peeples, Lynne. “Why Global Warming Still Considered Target Of Skepticism For Americans.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 17 Feb. 2012. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/public-opinion-climate-change-polls-politics_n_1285738.html>.
“Increased Number Think Global Warming Is “Exaggerated”” Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.gallup.com/poll/116590/Increased-Number-Think-Global-Warming-Exaggerated.aspx>.
Very informative and I love your graphics!