Yup, all pretty much true. Alas. Most of the people I know are science-literate are aware of the climate crisis (after all, the increase in erratic weather events is already obvious to anyone but a determined denier) yet raise the topic and everyone looks shuffles their feet and changes to the subject. I suspect that basically most people are just too selfish. This quote seems to hit the nail on the head:

“Polls show that a majority of people… believe global warming is a fact, and yet somehow they don’t believe it will really affect their lives, and they certainly don’t intend to change their own lives radically to help stop it happening…

…‘Global warming is a problem – but not yet, O Lord, please’ is their unconscious prayer. Folk who DO take global warming seriously are thought slightly mad, or over-intense, unlike the sensible majority who just somehow know things will always go on as they do today….

…it’s like religion: don’t bring it up. …

Easier to carry on as usual…”

Maggie Gee, in ‘Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery and the Genius of the Royal Society.’ (Bill Bryson Ed., HarperCollins, 2010):