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Earth & Environment - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 17:56 - 1 Comment

Taking America’s energy temperature


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A recent energy survey of 2,700 Americans reveals a “white male effect”—almost 66 percent of white male respondents favored increased reliance on nuclear fuel compared to only 35 percent of other males and females. Above, a 1.4 megawatt solar farm generates approximately 11 percent of the electrical demand of Rutgers’ Livingston Campus.

RUTGERS—Of the estimated 1,000 energy-related public opinion polls conducted during the last 20 years, environmental policy expert Michael Greenberg says there are two basic types: polls that include energy questions among a range of societal issues and hypothesis-driven surveys that measure preferences and try to link them to underlying factors. Continue…


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