Apparently, not many people, according to Rasmussen Reports.
22% of those polled actually followed the stories and news about Live Earth either somewhat or very closely. Meanwhile 75% did not pay any attention to it. 3 out of 4 Americans couldn't have cared less about this thing. 41% of those polled also said that events like Live Earth are not helpful to their own cause.
Much of the skepticism came from the fact that most Americans don't think celebrities care about global warming. In fact, in the same poll, 52% said that performers take part in these types of events because it is good for their image, while only 24% said that they do it because they actually care. I'm inclined to agree with that 52%...for 99% of celebrities, it's all an image thing. (In fact, read one of my "Weekly Podiums" where I mention hypocritical celebs and their actual environmental impact...start at the paragraph that beings with "Leonardo DiCaprio")
Matt Bellamy of the band Muse referred to Live Earth as "private jets for climate change".
In fact, in the article explaining the results of the Live Earth poll, I stumbled across this interesting RR poll, which stated that only 24% of Americans consider Al Gore an expert on global warming...and 47% think he is not an expert at all.
Now that, my friends, is an inconvenient truth.
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