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Gas prices making people think more about oil drilling and exploration than conservation

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 1:40 AM EDT
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High gasoline prices have dramatically changed Americans' views on energy and the environment with more people now viewing oil drilling and new power plants as a greater priority than energy conservation than they did five months ago, according to a new survey.

The poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center shows nearly half of those surveyed — or 47 percent — now rate energy exploration, drilling and building new power plants as the top priority, compared with 35 percent who believed that five months ago.

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Dolores M. Bernal

I got a few comments from people on my last article that I was being over the top about the possibility of the US nuking Iran over panicky Americans. This just shows that many people are so in denial about what our government is capable of. This seeded article goes to show you that we, Americans, can easily switch positions when events start impacting our pockets. Folks are now saying that perhaps drilling for oil is needed. Next, they will agree that attacking Iran is also needed.

Here was my "dramatic" article: http://dolores.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/01/1627776-mass-panic-about-gas-prices-a-strategy-to-nuke-iran

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Reply#1 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 1:49 AM EDT
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alkimija

Call me wierd, but... high gas prices make me think even more about alternative energy instead of more drilling and exploration.

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Reply#2 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 2:11 AM EDT
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Dolores M. Bernal

I know. I feel the same way, but most Americans don't seem to feel that way. It's disappointing.

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    #2.1 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 1:41 PM EDT
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    Snowflake-Seven

    I think high gas prices can influence public thinking in many ways, but it is bad leadership that has guided their thinking in the direction of drilling and plant construction.

    If the Congress and MSM were talking about how conservation was the short term solution to stay focused on, then the people would have a different mindset. Alas, Congress and MSM have been squealing about drilling in protected areas and construction of dirt old plants.

    There have been a notable few talking about conservation, incentives for conservation and alternative energy long-term solutions. Rep. Blumenauer's [D-OR] "Transportation and Housing Options for Gas Price Relief Act of 2008" aka "Gas Price Relief Act of 2008".

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    Reply#3 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:57 AM EDT
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    Dolores M. Bernal

    I praise any official that looks beyond oil. The problem is that in a Republican controlled House and with little partisanship in the Senate over this issue, we may not get any decent energy legislation any time soon.

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      #3.1 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 1:45 PM EDT
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