Politicians on all sides of the nation’s energy debate can find things to ponder in a new poll that suggests Americans are inclined to develop natural gas resources and build a disputed oil pipeline from Canada, but also want the government to support renewable energy.
According to a University of Texas energy poll released Tuesday, 61 percent of Americans said they’d be more likely to vote for a presidential candidate who backs more natural gas, while only 7 percent said such a candidate would be less likely to get their votes.
The poll found 50 percent of Americans are more likely to support a candidate who endorses the Keystone XL pipeline linking oil sands in Canada to refineries in Texas. Just 15 percent said such a candidate would be less likely to win their support.
It will be interesting to see just what role the gas prices have in the upcoming election. Seems in Texas people aren’t too fond of someone shutting down offshore drilling and nixing the XL pipeline, but the way Texas will vote was pretty much known a long time ago. How about California? They seem to like things like carbon taxes and alternative energy there.
Too bad the polling outfit couldn’t first educate the people on what economic losers the so-called renewables are. Wishing that the govt. (tax payers) “invest” in renewables is free on a polling questionaire so heck why not?