SUMMARY INTRODUCTION   by Max Schulz ABOUT THE AUTHOR ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL MYTHS MYTH 1: The U.S. gets the largest share of its oil imports from the Middle East MYTH 2: The U.S. is rapidly running out of fossil fuels, but within ten years, we can replace them with alternative fuels and renewable energies MYTH 3: Moving toward renewable energies and away from fossil fuels will likely increase national employment levels MYTH 4: Conservation and efficiency gains alone can meet our future energy needs MYTH 5: U.S. forests and landfill space are shrinking MYTH 6: Our air is becoming more polluted MYTH 7: Nuclear power is unsafe MYTH 8: Offshore oil drilling has often caused significant environmental damage MYTH 9: The Earth is warming at a steady rate MYTH 10: Humans are the main drivers of the greenhouse effect, which is likely to cause global warming POLICY IMPLICATIONS APPENDIX NOTES POLL RESULTS Manhattan Institute/Zogby Survey of Adults – Question Frequencies Manhattan Institute/Zogby Survey of Adults – Question X-tabs

 

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Survey Methodology

Zogby International conducted an omnibus telephone survey of [adults].

The sample is [1000 adult] interviews with approximately [44] questions asked. Samples are randomly drawn from telephone cd’s of national listed sample. Zogby International surveys employ sampling strategies in which selection probabilities are proportional to population size within area codes and exchanges. Up to six calls are made to reach a sampled phone number. Cooperation rates are calculated using one of AAPOR’s approved methodologies[i] and are comparable to other professional public-opinion surveys conducted using similar sampling strategies.[ii] Weighting by [region, party, age, race, religion, gender] is used to adjust for non-response. The margin of error is +/- 3.2 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

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i See COOP4 (p.38) in Standard Definitions: Final Dispositions of Case Codes and Outcome Rates of Surveys. The American Association for Public Opinion Research, (2000).

ii Cooperation Tracking Study: April 2003 Update, Jane M. Sheppard and Shelly Haas. The Council for Marketing & Opinion Research (CMOR). Cincinnati, Ohio (2003).

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