EnergyIQSurvey

www.energytomorrow.org | June 2009

The following is a series of

questions on energy issues.
Q1.

09
How much more energy is the United States going
to need in the next 20 years?

Source: Energy Information Administration, AEO 2009 Table A1.

Correct Answer: 9%

Answers Total N=1298

Please choose the answer 0 to 5%

6% to 10%
1%
5%
11% to 15% 11%
that you think is most correct. 16% to 21%
Not sure
50%
33%

Only if you are unable to provide Q2. According to 2008 government projections,
about what percent of global energy demand in
2030 will be met by fossil fuels, such as oil, natural
an educated guess should you gas and coal?

Source: Energy Information Administration, International

select the “not sure” option. Energy Outlook 2008.

Correct Answer: 85.8%

Answers Total N=1298

Base= All qualified respondents
25% 16%
Respondents: 1,298 United States Adults, Ages 18+
45% 18%
65% 17%
85% 10%
Not sure 38%
Q3. Assuming huge increases in alternative energy
sources, what percentage of the U.S. energy demand
will be met by oil and natural gas in 2030?
Source: Energy Information Administration, AEO 2009 Table A1.
Correct Answer: 55.2%
Answers Total N=1298
0 to 15% 6%
16% to 30% 22%
31% to 45% 19%
46% to 60% 16%
Not sure 37%
Q4. In 2008, which of the following countries was the
Q7. What percentage of oil imports could be displaced
largest U.S. supplier of imported oil?
Source: Department of Energy, Petroleum Supply Monthly,
February 2009.
Correct Answer: Canada
Answers Total N=1298
Saudi Arabia 53%
Canada 12%
Venezuela 13%
China 2%
Not sure 20%
Q5. In 2008, what percent of oil the United States
consumed came from the Persian Gulf countries?
Q8. How much do oil companies pay in income taxes
Source: Department of Energy, Petroleum Supply Monthly,
February 2009.
Correct Answer: 12%
Answers Total N=1298
Less than 15% 7%
15% to 30% 20%
31% to 45% 19%
46% to 60% 26%
Not sure 28%
Q6. In 2008, what percent of oil and natural gas
the United States consumed was produced in
North America?
Source: Department of Energy, Petroleum Supply Monthly and
Natural Gas Monthly, March 2009.
Correct Answer: 73.7%
Answers Total N=1298
Less than 35% 42%
35% to 50% 15%
51% to 65% 9%
66% to 80% 5%
Not sure 29%
if oil and natural gas companies were allowed to
produce resources off the U.S. coasts?
Source: Department of Energy, Petroleum Supply Monthly,
ICF International study, February 2009.
Correct Answer 20%
Answers Total N=1298
Less than 10% 11%
10% to 15% 11%
16% to 20% 17%
21% to 30% 23%
Not sure 37%
as a share of their income?
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2007 Performance
Profiles of Major Energy Producers, December 2008.
Correct Answer: 40.4%
Answers Total N=1298
Less than 15% 31%
15% to 30% 17%
31% to 45% 9%
46% to 65% 4%
Not sure 38%
Q9. How much did the oil and natural gas
industry pay in taxes over the past 3 years?
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2007 Performance
Profiles of Major Energy Producers, December 2008.
Correct Answer: $242 billion
Answers Total N=1298
Less than $100 billion 25%
$100 to less than $200 billion 11%
$200 to less than $300 billion 10%
$300 billion or more 11%
Not sure 43%
Q10. How much did federal, state and local governments
receive in 2008 from the oil and natural gas industry
from revenues and bonus bids to lease offshore
areas for energy exploration?
Source: United States Department of the Interior,
http://mms.gov/ooc/press/2008/pressDOI1120.htm.
Correct Answer: $22.1 billion
Answers Total N=1298
Less than $10 billion 14%
$10 to less than $20 billion 12%
$20 to less than $30 billion 13%
$30 to less than $40 billion 13%
Not sure 49%
Q11. In 2008, how many cents did the U.S. oil and
natural gas industry earn on every dollar of sales?
Source: Oil Daily, March 5, 2008.
Correct Answer: 5.7 cents
Answers Total N=1298
0 to 10 cents 12%
11 to 20 cents 12%
21 to 30 cents 17%
31 to 40 cents 24%
Not sure 35%
Q12. In 2008, the price of crude oil accounted for what
percentage of gasoline prices at the pump?
Source: http://tonto.Energy Information Administration.
Department of Energy.gov/oog/info/gdu/gaspump.html,
January-December 2008.
Correct Answer: 70%
Answers Total N=1298
0 to 20% 11%
21% to 40% 21%
41% to 60% 23%
61% to 80% 15%
Not sure 31%
Q13. In 2008, federal, state and local taxes accounted for
what percentage of gasoline prices at the pump?
Source: http://tonto.Energy Information Administration.
Department of Energy.gov/oog/info/gdu/gaspump.html,
January-December 2008.
Correct Answer: 12%
Answers Total N=1298
0 to 5% 5%
6% to 10% 16%
11% to 15% 17%
16% to 20% 34%
Not sure 27%
Q14. How many people in the United States are
indirectly and directly employed by the oil and
natural gas industry?
Source: BLS census of employment.
Correct Answer: 6 million
Answers Total N=1298
Less than 1 million people 14%
1 million to less than 5 million people 26%
5 million to 8 million people 15%
More than 8 million people 8%
Not sure 37%
Q15. What percentage of U.S. oil companies’ stocks are
owned by pension plans and retirement accounts?
Source: SONECON Report: The Distribution of Ownership of
U.S. Oil and Gas Companies, September 2007.
Correct Answer: 41%
Answers Total N=1298
0 to 15% 11%
16% to 30% 17%
31% to 45% 17%
46% to 60% 9%
Not sure 46%
Q16. What percent of U.S. oil companies’ stocks are
owned by corporate management?
Source: SONECON Report: The Distribution of Ownership of
U.S. Oil and Gas Companies, September 2007.
Correct Answer: 1.5%
Answers Total N=1298
0 to 5% 5%
6% to 15% 13%
16% to 25% 14%
More than 25% 27%
Not sure 41%
Q17. From 2000 to 2007, U.S. oil and natural gas
companies invested how many billions of dollars
on emerging energy technologies in North America
(such as biomass, wind, solar, alternative fuel vehicles,
gas-to-liquids and oil shale)?
Source: T2 and Associates and CEE “Oil and Gas Industry
Investments in Alternative Energy, Frontier Hydrocarbons and
Advanced End-Use Technologies Update,” October 2008.
Correct Answer: $121.3 billion
Answers Total N=1298
$1 to less than $35 billion 26%
$35 to less than $65 billion 16%
$65 to less than $100 billion 9%
More than $100 billion 8%
Not sure 40%
Q18. Which of the following groups spent the most on
zero and low-carbon technologies since 2000?
Source: T2 and Associates and CEE “Key Investments in
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies by Energy Firms,
Other Industry and the Federal Government,” May 2008.
Correct Answer: Oil and natural gas industry invested $42 billion.
Answers Total N=1298
Federal government 11%
Oil and natural gas industry 23%
Other private industries 32%
Not sure 34%
Q19. What percent of the world’s proven oil reserves
do U.S. oil companies control?
Source: Oil and Gas Journal, December 22, 2008.
Correct Answer: 3%
Answers Total N=1298
0 to less than 10% 14%
10% to less than 20% 25%
20% to less than 30% 19%
30% to less than 40% 9%
Not sure 34%
Q20. Where does ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil and
natural gas company, rank in size among the world’s
largest holders of oil reserves?
Source: Oil and Gas Journal, December 22, 2008.
Correct Answer: 17th
Answers Total N=1298
Among the top 3 oil reserve holders 28%
Among 4th to 10th oil reserve holders 28%
Among 11th to 15th oil reserve holders 7%
Not among the top 15 largest oil
reserve holders 6%
Not sure 31%