Comparing Conservative objections to evolution and global warming is highly misleading. It's an apples-and-oranges comparison. Those who are opposed to evolution base their objections on religious grounds. No one has ever heard of an atheist or an agnostic evolution denier. There are also many Conservatives who have no trouble with Darwinism, as there are Conservatives who have no, or very free-thinking, religious views. And although there there may be creationists and intelligent design devotees who are politically Liberal, I've never heard of any.

Opposition to global warming, however, is an ideological, not a religious position. No religious scripture or doctrine suggests that a man-made alteration of the climate contradicts religious teachings. Although I concede there may be political Liberals who reject the idea of man-caused global warming on purely scientific grounds, I've never met one. As for those religionists who deny anthropogenic global warming, I suspect it is because of their political beliefs, not their religious convictions.

Conservative objections to global warming stem from their conviction that it is a potential threat to their economic beliefs, that it will inevitably lead to more government controls on business and that measures to combat global warming will generate business and market conditions opposed to their views on how economies should develop and be organized. No doubt, some Conservatives, may object to global warming on purely scientific grounds, or alternatively, support the idea in spite of whatever their ideological objections might be, but I have yet to meet one of them either.

What I feel merits detailed study from sociologists are non-fundamentalist Conservatives with no objections to Darwinism who are opposed to global warming on political grounds and who are forced to make excuses for their more extreme non-scientific allies on the religious Right. When challenged on the prevalence of creationist ideas amongst many influential Conservatives, their usual response is either to avoid the question altogether, or to dismiss it as "better than the religious beliefs of Muslims". The best they can do is a "better-the-devil-you-know" argument.

However, Christian fundamentalist-style creationism is making inroads into the Muslim world, particularly among the more extreme jihadist sects, so perhaps this is where the American Religious Right can find some common ground with their Muslim brothers, and secular Conservatives can gain additional allies in their struggle against World Socialism.