Feb. 17, 2008: Energy Cost, Efficiency Worries More State Residents

A survey in Michigan shows that renewable energy and rising energy costs are increasingly important to state residents.

Michigan Citizen
Energy Cost, Efficiency Worries More State Residents
By Harry Gillen
Feb. 17, 2008
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LANSING — Michigan residents are more concerned with renewable energy sources and the rising costs of energy than they were two years ago, according to a survey by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) at Michigan State University.

The survey found that 94.5 percent of those polled consider the cost of energy to be a long-term problem, up from 86.3 percent in 2005.

“I think it says that people are more informed and more engaged in renewable energy, and have better ideas about what alternative energy means,” said AnnMarie Schneider, the program director for IPPSR.