Support for requiring each state to use a minimum amount of renewable fuels (wind, solar, and hydroelectric) to generate electricity, even if electricity prices rise, asked in the CES in 2018, 2020, and 2022.
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Latest: 61% answered “Support” in CES: Minimum renewable fuel requirement for electricity, 2022.
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| CES: Minimum renewable fuel requirement for state electricity | Minimum renewable fuel requirement for state electricity Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Require that each state use a minimum amount of renewable fuels (wind, solar, and hydroelectric) in the generation of electricity even if electricity prices increase] Caveat: State-level requirement; wording mentions prices increasing | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Require states to use minimum amount of renewable fuels | Require states to use minimum amount of renewable fuels Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Require that each state use a minimum amount of renewable fuels (wind, solar, and hydroelectric) in the generation of electricity even if electricity prices increase a little] Caveat: State-level requirement; wording text truncated, likely mentions price increase | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Minimum renewable fuel requirement for electricity | Minimum renewable fuel requirement for electricity From what you know about global climate change or global warming, which one of the following statements comes closest to your opinion? [Require that each state use a minimum amount of renewable fuels (wind, solar, and hydroelectric) in the generation of electricity even if electricity prices increase a little] Caveat: State-level requirement; prices 'increase a little'; odd lead-in wording | equivalent | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |