National Survey Shows U.S. Adults More Likely to Support Candidates Who
Promote Production and Availability of Biofuels
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Four of every five (84%) U.S.
adults say they are likely -- and four out of every 10 say they are very
likely -- to support federal and state political candidates who favor
providing incentives to promote increased production and availability of
biofuels throughout the United States, according to a survey commissioned
by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Half of U.S. adults (50%)
strongly agree that national and state governments are not doing enough to
promote production of biofuels -- fuels made from agricultural crops or
plant matter. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R), also found
that 82% of adults say national and state governments should provide
financial incentives to biofuels producers to encourage the production and
availability of biofuels.
Brent Erickson, executive vice president of BIO's Industrial &
Environmental Section, said, "A strong majority of Americans clearly
support federal and state financial incentives to promote greater
development of biofuels such as ethanol that can help end our addiction to
oil. And they seem ready to support political candidates who support
biofuels and favor such incentives."
The survey asked respondents how strongly they agreed or disagreed with
certain statements about biofuels. Half of U.S. adults (50%) strongly
agreed and a third (30%) somewhat agreed that "Federal and state
governments are not doing enough to promote the production of biofuels."
When asked, "Do you think the production and availability of biofuel should
be encouraged by national and state governments providing financial
incentives to biofuel producers?" four out of five respondents (82%) said,
"Yes."
Further, when asked, "How important is it to you that biofuel
production in America helps to make America less dependent on foreign oil?"
two-thirds (67%) of U.S. adults said, "Very important."
"The American people recognize that the production of biofuels is a
national priority," stated Erickson. "We see public support for continuing
and expanding existing tax credits, construction grants and other biofuels
production incentives. Next year, Congress will have the opportunity to
fund advanced research and provide additional incentives that will help
build a growing biofuel industry that will continue to enhance our national
security and create new jobs going forward."
Harris Interactive conducted the survey on behalf of the Biotechnology
Industry Organization (BIO) by telephone within the United States between
October 5 and October 8, 2006 among 1,031 adults (aged 18 and over).
Figures for age, sex, geographic region, and race were weighted where
necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the
population. With a pure probability sample of 1,031 one could say with a
ninety-five percent probability that the overall results have a sampling
error of +/- 3 percentage points. However that does not take other sources
of error into account.
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across
the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the
research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial and
environmental biotechnology products. http://www.bio.org
Upcoming Events
BIO CEO & Investor Conference 2007
Feb. 12-14, 2007 New York City
2007 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
March 21-24, 2007 Orlando, Fla.
BIO International Convention
May 6-9, 2007 Boston, MA
SOURCE Biotechnology Industry Organization
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