Public Pulse


Seventy-two percent of members of the International Facility Management Association said they pay more attention to energy efficiency, up 10 percent since last year.

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"Energy Efficiency Interest Grows But Investment Remains Flat: Report" GreenBiz.com, 15 April 2008. http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=55888

According to the Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook 2008, U.S. demand for electricity will increase by 30 percent between 2006 and 2030.

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Energy Information Administration 2008 Energy Conference, Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, NewsBlaze.com, 7 April 2008. http://newsblaze.com/story/20080407083828tsop.nb/newsblaze/WORLDNEW/World-News.html

Voters are increasingly angry about an economy in which wages are flat and costs keep rising. Costs cause the most tension, especially health care. Even as the housing crisis was breaking, a Wall Street Journal poll of adults from July 2007 found that “the cost of health care” ranked as the biggest economic issue (44%), with “jobs going overseas” ranking second (34%).

A January 2008 Washington Post poll of adults identified “health care cost” as the biggest problem (24%) followed immediately by “rising prices overall” (23%), especially gasoline (16%). Tellingly, people ranked “high taxes” near the bottom (12%).

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NBC News/Wall Street Journal, July 27-30, 2007 survey of adults. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ0707_poll.pdf Washington Post-ABC News Poll, survey of adults, January 9-12, 2008. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_011408.html

64% of Americans are willing to pay higher taxes on gasoline and other fuels if the money were used for research into renewable sources like solar and wind energy.

75% of Americans are willing to pay more for electricity if it were generated by renewable sources like solar or wind energy.

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CBS/New York Times, April 2007

76% of Americans believe the effects of global warming are apparent now, including 50% who strongly believe this.

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"Americans Feel New Urgency On Energy Independence and Global Warming," Quinlan Rosner, April 2007

66% of Americans in a 2006 post-election poll support government taking the lead in promoting alternative energy rather than allowing businesses to make major energy investment decisions.

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"A New Energy Future The Role of Energy in the 2006 Election ," Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, November 2006

64% of Americans believe that America “needs to act immediately to make our country less dependent on oil and move to cleaner, alternative energy sources.

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