Results of AP-AOL Poll on Gas Prices

William Levitt, one of the leaders in mass production homebuilding, and a creator of the "American Dream" of a tranquil suburban house far away from the traditional center city.


The AP-AOL News poll on public attitudes about gasoline prices is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted August 9-11 by Ipsos, an international polling firm.
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Note on the question of "Which ONE of the following would you say deserves the most blame for higher energy prices?" NONE of the questions deal with (1) the peaking of oil production and dwindling supplies; (2) a U.S. transportation infrastructure and lifestyle that is completely dependent on oil-gasoline; and (3) increased world-wide demand in large part from "modernizing" countries in particular China and India.

Estimates from the Association for the Study of Peak Oil. Graphic from CNN.

U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates. Graphic from CNN.
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AP-AOL News poll results, Question 3: Which one of the following would you say deserves the most blame for higher energy prices?

• Oil companies that want to make too much profit, 30%
• Foreign countries that dominate oil reserves, 22%
• Politicians, 21%
• Environmentalists, 9%
• People who drive gas-guzzling vehicles, 7%
• Other (Volunteered), 3%
• No one is to blame/not a problem (Volunteered), 1%
• All equally (Volunteered), 5%
• Not sure, 2%

Gridlock in China. From www.usabaseball.org

Also, see "Oil: Is the end at hand? A once-fringe group saying we'll run out of oil is gaining attention, even within the oil industry."
Levittown, Pennsylvania.

Levittown, Pennsylvania. From "Raiders of the Lost Levittown."