Energy and the environment

Abstract

Renewable energy advocates have long argued that, given a choice, Americans prefer renewables to conventional alternatives such as nuclear and fossil fuels. The following REPP Issue Brief, Energy and the Environment: The Public View, by Dr. Barbara Farhar of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), reviews twenty-three years of polling data justifying this widelyshared belief. Dr. Farhar's analysis reveals broad favor for renewable energy across society, and demonstrates that support has remained high even as energy prices have dropped and memories of the 1970s energy crisis fade.