Fifty-six percent (56%) of Americans say they are not willing to pay more in taxes and utility costs to generate cleaner energy and fight global warming.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, taken since the climate change bill was passed on Friday, finds that 21% of Americans are willing to pay $100 more per year for cleaner energy and to counter global warming. Only 14% are willing to pay more than that amount.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of all adults say it is more important to keep the cost of energy as low as possible than it is to develop clean, environmentally friendly sources of energy. But 41% disagree and say developing cleaner, greener energy sources is the priority.
Sixty-three percent (63%) rate creating jobs as more important than taking steps to stop global warming. For 22%, stopping global warming is more important.Memo to Rasmussen: I'd love to see a poll of how many Americans would like to see us able to explore and pump our own oil from American lands and waters, rather than holding so much territory off limits because we might inconvenience a duck or some caribou somewhere.
With 56% opposed to higher energy prices to stop global warming, the GOP has got to pound the message home that cap-and-tax will not do a thing for global warming, mainly because it has stopped on its own, and will only raise the price of everything. This is a winning issue for them if they use it correctly.
UPDATE: For those who insist that drilling in America would do no good, let's just look at all the places where Americans are not allowed to drill:
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