Poll: U.S. loses nuclear support after Japan quake

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GOOD BY NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE! GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD GARBAGE!

The 46% of U.S. adults who support new reactors is a sharp drop from the 62% who favored them in a March 2010 Gallup Poll.

The findings echo those of a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll last week, which found that 70% of Americans are more concerned about industry safety as Japan struggles to avert a meltdown at three nuclear reactors in the aftermath of its March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The CSI survey found 52% of Americans living within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor do not know "what to do in the event of nuclear reactor emergency," such as "the evacuation route and what other steps to take," and 24% say they live within such a distance.

•51% would support "a halt to the United States extending the operating lifespan of its oldest nuclear reactors."
•58% are now "less supportive of expanding nuclear power in the United States" than they were a month ago. Only 14% said their views had not been changed by the Japanese reactor crisis.
•73% do not "think taxpayers should take on the risk for the construction of new nuclear power reactors in the United States through billions of dollars in new federal loan guarantees."
•74% would support "a shift of federal loan-guarantee support for energy away from nuclear reactors" in favor of wind and solar power.:nuke:

•76% are now "more supportive than … a month ago to using clean renewable energy resources – such as wind and solar – and increased energy efficiency as an alternative to more nuclear power in the United States."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/03/poll-americans-nuclear-support-japan-quake/1

NO MORE CORPORATE WELFARE POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Zero Energy Habitat for Humanity home in Wheatridge, CO, a collaboration between Habitat for Humanity and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

http://www.poptech.org/blog/from_here_to_zero_energy_buildings

[sasha031]

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[kristopher]

2. Details

(Can be downloaded here: http://www.civilsocietyinstitute.org/media/032211release.cfm )

The question is broken down in both surveys similarly.

Gallup 2009
strongly support - 27

somewhat support - 32

somewhat oppose - 23

strongly oppose - 14

Not sure - 4



CSI 2011
strongly support - 18

somewhat support - 28

somewhat oppose - 23

strongly oppose - 21

not sure - 10