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Voters Willing to Pay More for Clean Energy, Poll Suggests A recent poll in six Western states found that 64 percent of likely voters were willing to pay higher prices for energy derived from clean renewable resources such as wind and solar.
Overall, 28 percent of respondents said they would be reluctant to pay more, with the remainder unsure.
Of the same group of respondents, 69 percent said they supported oil and gas exploration on public lands, with 47 percent favoring drilling over protecting those lands from environmental damage.
The poll was conducted by Washington, D.C.-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., and was commissioned jointly by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Denver Post and the Salt Lake Tribune.
Brad Coker, a managing partner at Mason-Dixon, told the Review-Journal that the seemingly contradictory results were “about becoming energy independent.” “People just want more energy that is domestically produced,” Coker said, adding, “The big picture is people want everything done that can be done to make energy more affordable and available.” Return to September 2008 Western Energy News To sponsor Western Energy News , please contact WEI at 503 231-1994.
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