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| Wall Stree Journal Funded Harris Poll; Who has changed their gas habits | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 10 2007, 06:22 PM (123 Views) | |
| kenny | Aug 10 2007, 06:22 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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WSJ study of how much we have chagned our gas comumption by age, sex, education, income, Snip Eighty percent of adults have changed lifestyle due to high gas prices Wednesday, 08 August 2007 Rising gas costs continue to be a controversial issue all across the United States and the impact is felt by many adults. Eight in 10 U.S. adults say they have made changes to their lifestyles due to rising gas costs, with nearly six in 10 minimizing non-critical travel, 40 percent adjusting their spending habits and 32 percent putting a hold on leisure road-trip travel. Females are more likely to have made changes to their lifestyle due to the rising cost of gas (84% vs. 75% for men) and are more likely to have minimized non-critical travel (61% vs. 56%) and adjusted their spending habits (44% vs. 37%) Older adults (those ages 45 to 54 and 55 and over) are more likely to minimize non-critical travel (65% and 64% respectively vs. 50% of 18 to 34). Younger respondents (ages 18 to 34) are more likely to have driven further to find cheaper gas (15% vs. 9% for 55 and over) and participated in a car pool (13% vs. 5% for 55 and over). These are just some of the results of an online survey of 2,057 U.S. adults ages 18 and over conducted by Harris Interactive® between June 19 and 21, 2007 for The Wall Street Journal Online. Alternatives To Energy Consumption: Fuels and Hybrid Car Purchases The vast majority of adults (94%) believe it is important to reduce the energy consumption from automobile use. Nearly eight out of 10 consider it important to encourage the development and use of alternative fuels and almost three-quarters believe it is important to increase the fuel efficiency standards on all vehicles. Women are more likely to consider it important to reduce consumption from automobile use (96% vs. 91% for men), develop communities that are more conducive to walking/biking (45% vs. 31%), encourage car pooling (47% vs. 37%) or the development/use of alternative fuels (82% vs. 75%) and increase fuel efficiency standards (76% vs. 69%). Those ages 35 to 44 are most likely to consider it important to develop and use alternative fuels (83%), while respondents 18 to 34 are least likely (73%) to say this or even to consider it important to increase fuel efficiency standards on vehicles (69%). This could be due to a fear that the cost of automobiles will rise as the costs of conserving energy are passed on. Among those who intend to purchase or lease a new vehicle, forty-nine percent would consider a hybrid vehicle. Respondents ages 18 to 34 who also intend to purchase/lease are significantly more likely (31%) to consider a gasoline-fueled vehicle than older respondents 45 to 54 and 55 and over (24% and 25% respectively). Respondents in the lowest income group, less than $35K, and in the highest income group, more than $75K, all of whom are planning to purchase/lease are less likely to consider a gas-fueled vehicle (21% and 25% respectively) compared to respondents who earn $35K-$49.9K (34%). The Government’s Role Female respondents are more likely to believe the government has a responsibility to engage in energy conservation. In particular, over nine in 10 females believe the government should encourage greater fuel efficiency (compared to 84% of males) and 83% of females believe the government should mandate higher fuel standards (compared to 75% of males). For the charts: http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/1613/2/ |
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| Lee Iacocca | Aug 10 2007, 06:25 PM Post #2 |
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Newbie
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I have filled my swimming pool with high-test. I'll start selling when the price doubles again. |
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| ivorythumper | Aug 10 2007, 06:54 PM Post #3 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I drive less not because of gas prices but quality of life issues. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Red Rice | Aug 10 2007, 06:55 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm definitely much more aware of it than I used to be. I'll probably be a first-adopter of this when it comes out: Chevy Volt |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| kenny | Aug 10 2007, 07:07 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Trying to figure out. Quality of life issues? Huh? |
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| ivorythumper | Aug 10 2007, 07:36 PM Post #6 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I don't like commuting, therefore I've designed my life so that I don't have to drive as much. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| kenny | Aug 10 2007, 07:40 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Great Idea! I'm jealous. |
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| Rainman | Aug 10 2007, 07:48 PM Post #8 |
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Tried to find the most recent data online re U.S. gas consumption. Wondering whether it jives with the above survey? I dunno. . . people SAY they are driving less? Maybe, but the roads seem just as crowded, if not more so. |
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