Dave, my Fox-news neighbors don't know as much as I do because I'm older, better-educated, better-traveled and better-informed than they are.....why would you assume I'm not? One of them told me he doesn't read the local newspaper because it's too liberal....owned by some liberal syndicate who owns the NYT......which it certainly is not. It's amazing what kind of "convenient truths" he makes up to justify his ignorance. All nation media except Fox is biased, including NPR, BBC World News, the local NPR stations because they are run by universities. When I mention an article in Scientific American, that's quickly discounted because all the scientists and physicists are just out to make a name for themselves and get grant money.
Religion and science do seem to be pretty mixed up here in the South. The most out-spoken anti-environmentals around here seem to be good church-going Baptists. In discussions with a couple of them, I've found that apparently they believe that we were put here dominate the Earth, to consume as much of the Earth's resources as we need, and that God will provide natural limits if he sees fit to rein us in. But all that's sometime in the distant future, since we've got all the fossil-fuel energy and resources we need.
I do confess to being a conservative, as in a long-time member of the Nature Conservancy as well as the local organization that protects the in-town hiking and mtn biking trails that I use and enjoy so much. As a cyclist and hiker who enjoys the outdoors, seems to me support for these groups isn't an "environmental" or "green" thing, just donations I pay to protect my selfish recreational interests. Ditto for road taxes which improve and maintain roads, bike lanes and bike paths.....I'm all for these as well as long as the money is used wisely to make cycling safer and more fun.
Tax incentives, yep, I took advantage of a $1700 federal tax credit when I bought my Golf TDI diesel in 2010. Hey, I wanted one anyway......guess I'm just not a Prius type.