Energy Update: 60% Stress Need For New Sources of Energy, 32% Favor Conservation

Rasmussen Reports

Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. voters say finding new sources of energy is more important than reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume.

Thirty-two percent (32%) say reducing U.S. energy consumption is more important, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Eight percent (8%) are not sure which is more important.

Generic support for developing new energy sources is up four points from a month ago.

Republicans (71%) and unaffiliated voters (63%) more strongly support placing the priority on finding new energy sources than Democrats (50%).

On a related topic, 51% say more nuclear power plants should be built in the United States, while 31% disagree …

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