... what does this have to do with the OPs Question? Global warming is real, why only in USA is there denial ?
The OP's question was answered in
#8, that is it's a fallacy to believe it's only the U.S. Every country has some percentage of skeptics, deniers, and believers. Possibly why they stopped participating in the thread. The rest of the thread has very few links to solid references, mostly just opinion.
I suspect most skeptics are that way for the same reason I was: they "decided" back in the 80/90s when there was a lot of baloney extrapolation of the young science, they keep "hearing" things to reinforce beliefs from political entities they trust, and just never personally revisited the actual science. I sure changed my tune when I looked into it (there's even a
thread on that which painfully goes through every skeptical question I had). Every year more people wake up to it being real.
First you have to have a serious problem before you take drastic action.
Well, you have to
believe there is a problem. If you're not the sort to blindly trust others, then you need to dig into it yourself with an open mind.
Democrats and Libertarians mostly agree climate change is real and needs to be reversed. So, the Republican party is the only party not solidly on board and it is split on the topic (
ref):
According to The Hill, in a recent poll conducted by The Conservation Coalition and the Conservative Energy Network, 68 percent percent of Republicans between the ages of 18 and 54 say climate change is important to their vote. The same poll also found that more than three-quarters of all Republican voters favor the government taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
As the opinions of the voters are steadily changing, I suspect the opinions of the representatives to change as well (at least if they want to get elected). Although that upper age limit in the poll was probably cherry-picked to get the 75%; but it does show where the party will be in a decade.
The majority don't accept the premise that we have a serious problem.
75% of the democrats believe it's a critical problem, so sounds like a majority in congress accepts it and that's why we're seeing action. For a simple majority, from
#8, half of the voters in the U.S. already think climate change is a
critical threat, 76% believe it's a problem. Most governments are now working towards net zero by 2050 to 2060.
Almost none of the climate change preachers live their lives like they believe what they're preaching.
It does seem like a lot of folk are waiting for the government to solve the problem.
Pity, there's a lot
we can do and it saves us $$ to do it.