George Monbiot agrees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/02/climate-change-denial-clive-james Except he puts the cut-off earlier than you do.
"The Pew report found that people over 65 are much more likely than the rest of the population to deny that there is solid evidence that the earth is warming, that it's caused by humans, or that it's a serious problem. This chimes with my own experience. Almost all my fiercest arguments over climate change, both in print and in person, have been with people in their 60s or 70s."
As you'd expect, he and his supporters reckon it's because the old are closer to death, and so either won't be around to see the results, or find reminders of mortality upsetting; and his opponents reckon it's because the old have seen so many other scares and doom-threats that they've become sceptical of new ones.
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Date: 2010-01-12 10:04 am (UTC)"The Pew report found that people over 65 are much more likely than the rest of the population to deny that there is solid evidence that the earth is warming, that it's caused by humans, or that it's a serious problem. This chimes with my own experience. Almost all my fiercest arguments over climate change, both in print and in person, have been with people in their 60s or 70s."
As you'd expect, he and his supporters reckon it's because the old are closer to death, and so either won't be around to see the results, or find reminders of mortality upsetting; and his opponents reckon it's because the old have seen so many other scares and doom-threats that they've become sceptical of new ones.