National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 6, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Is there an urgent national need to find new sources of energy?

81% Yes
9% No
9% Not sure

2* Is there an urgent national need to reduce the amount of energy that Americans consume?

67% Yes
25% No
9% Not sure

3* Which is more important, finding new sources of energy or reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume?

65% Finding new sources of energy
28% Reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume
7% Not sure

4* The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a stockpile maintained by the federal government for emergency purposes. Is $4-a-gallon gas is the kind of emergency that justifies tapping this reserve?

31% Yes
57% No
12% Not sure

5* What is more likely to reduce the amount of energy that Americans consume—high gas prices or government regulation?

57% High gas prices
26% Government regulation
17% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence