This survey shows the attitude towards the priority on renewable or fossil energies in the U.S. in 2011 by generation. In 2011, 60 percent of Baby Boomers stated that developing alternative sources of energy such as wind, solar and hydrogen technology should be America's energy policy priority.
What should be America's energy policy priority?
Characteristic
Total
Millennial
Gen X
Boomer
Silent
Developing alternative sources of energy such as wind, solar and hydrogen technology
63%
71%
69%
60%
47%
Expanding exploration and production of oil, coal and natural gas
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Pew Research Center. (November 3, 2011). What should be America's energy policy priority? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207119/attitude-towards-the-priority-on-renewable-or-fossil-energies-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "What should be America's energy policy priority?." Chart. November 3, 2011. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207119/attitude-towards-the-priority-on-renewable-or-fossil-energies-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. (2011). What should be America's energy policy priority?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207119/attitude-towards-the-priority-on-renewable-or-fossil-energies-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "What Should Be America's Energy Policy Priority?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207119/attitude-towards-the-priority-on-renewable-or-fossil-energies-in-the-us-by-generation/
Pew Research Center, What should be America's energy policy priority? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207119/attitude-towards-the-priority-on-renewable-or-fossil-energies-in-the-us-by-generation/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
What should be America's energy policy priority? [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 3, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/207119/attitude-towards-the-priority-on-renewable-or-fossil-energies-in-the-us-by-generation/