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What does America really think about offshore drilling?
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Many of you saw that I linked to an AP story yesterday citing that the Democrats may allow the offshore drilling ban to expire. That link caught the eye of one reader, who pointed me to a new survey and emailed me the following information:
The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is releasing results from a bipartisan national survey conducted on IER’s behalf by Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates (R) and Frederick Polls (D). The survey results indicate a sizeable shift in public sentiment over a short period of time, with 65% of Americans telling Congress: “Get out of the way and let the states decide.’”
Other highlights from the survey include:
73% of Americans believe that given new advances in technology, we can increase drilling for oil and natural gas off the coast of the U.S. and still protect the environment.
Voters trust private industry over the Congress, 45% to 26%, to meet our future energy needs, and 54% of survey respondents say Congress is most responsible for the current state of our nation’s energy situation.
Only 30% of voters believed some lawmakers when they said, “Increasing domestic energy production will only lower gas prices by two cents.”
49% of Americans said that increasing taxes on oil companies will increase the price of gasoline at the pump.
70% of voters questioned said Congress should make it easier to explore for oil and natural gas here in the U.S
You can read the press release with more details by clicking here or view the complete survey results here (PDF file).
