A State Wants Renewables | Green Energy News

March 10, 2002 – Vol.6 No.50

A STATE WANTS RENEWABLES.

In study of 650 respondents, 90 percent of Massachusetts residents support the concept of the increasing use of renewable energy - despite a lack of knowledge about it. Fifty-one percent said they would be willing to pay more for the renewables and of those 57 percent said they would pay up to $10 per month extra.

After being told that renewable energy had some drawbacks, such as higher cost, 88 still thought renewables should be expanded. And finally a strong majority of 70% said they would be willing to pay more for renewables if the extra cost could be deducted from income taxes as a charitable donation.

The study was sponsored by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and performed by Opinion Dynamics Corporation. Visit the Collaborative at http://www.mtpc.org/ .