Questions - Coal Industry - May 1-2, 2014
48% View Coal Industry Favorably
28% Are Willing To Pay Higher Utility Bills to Reduce Coal Usage
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National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted May 1-2,
2014
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Do
you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of the U.S. coal industry?
2* How
much of America’s electricity is now being produced by coal-burning power
plants – 80%, 50%, 40%, 25% or less than 10%?
3*
Does the federal Environmental Protection Agency have too much power over the
coal industry or not enough power? Or is the level of power it has over the
coal industry about right?
4* Should
the United States begin to systematically phase out the use of coal-fired power
plants over the next 50 years?
5*Are
you willing to pay higher utility costs to reduce America’s use of coal to
generate electricity?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence