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Questions - Energy Update - July 10-11, 2013

56% Say Gov Investing in Alternative Energy May End Foreign Oil Dependence
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted July 10-11, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How important is it for the United States to become less dependent on oil imports?

2* Which is more important in the long-run, conserving energy or developing new sources of energy?

3* Is it true that the United States has enough shale oil reserves to become the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas?

4* How likely is it that the development of shale oil reserves would end the U.S. dependence on foreign oil?

5* How likely is it that government investments in alternative energy sources would end the U.S. dependence on foreign oil?

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