1. How much more energy is the United States going to need in the next 20 years?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 1% | 0 to 5% |
| 5% | 6% to 10% |
| 11% | 11% to 15% |
| 50% | 16% to 21% |
| 33% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration, AEO 2009 Table A1.
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2. According to 2008 government projections, about what percent of global energy demand in 2030 will be met by fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 16% | 25% |
| 18% | 45% |
| 17% | 65% |
| 10% | 85% |
| 38% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2008
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3. 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?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 6% | 0 to 15% |
| 22% | 16% to 30% |
| 19% | 31% to 45% |
| 16% | 45% to 60% |
| 37% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration, AEO 2009 Table A1.
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4. In 2008, which of the following countries was the largest U.S. supplier of imported oil?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 53% | Saudi Arabia |
| 12% | Canada |
| 13% | Venezuela |
| 2% | China |
| 20% | Not Sure |
Source: Department of Energy Petroleum Monthly, February 2009.
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5. In 2008, what percent of oil the United States consumed came from the Persian Gulf countries?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 7% | Less than 15% |
| 20% | 15% to 30% |
| 19% | 31% to 45% |
| 26% | 46% to 60% |
| 28% | Not Sure |
Source: Department of Energy Petroleum Monthly, February 2009.
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6. In 2008, what percent of oil and natural gas the United States consumed was produced in North America?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 42% | Less than 35% |
| 15% | 35% to 50% |
| 9% | 51% to 65% |
| 5% | 66% to 80% |
| 29% | Not Sure |
Source: Department of Energy, Petroleum Supply Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, March 2009.
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7. What percentage of oil imports could be displaced if oil and natural gas companies were allowed to produce resources off the U.S. coasts?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 11% | Less than 10% |
| 11% | 10% to 15% |
| 17% | 16% to 20% |
| 23% | 21% to 30% |
| 37% | Not Sure |
Source: Department of Energy, Petroleum Supply Monthly, February 2009. ICF International study.
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8. How much do oil companies pay in income taxes as a share of their income?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 31% | Less than 15% |
| 17% | 15% to 30% |
| 9% | 31% to 45% |
| 4% | 46% to 65% |
| 38% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2007 Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers, December 2008.
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9. How much did the oil and natural gas industry pay in taxes over the past 3 years?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 25% | Less than $100 billion |
| 11% | $100 to less than $200 billion |
| 10% | $200 to less than $300 billion |
| 11% | $300 billion or more |
| 43% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration, 2007 Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers, December 2008.
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10. 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?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 14% | Less than $10 billion |
| 12% | $10 to less than $20 billion |
| 13% | $20 to less than $30 billion |
| 13% | $30 to less than $40 billion |
| 49% | Not Sure |
Source: United States Department of the Interior, http://mms.gov/ooc/press/2008/pressDOI1120.htm.
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11. In 2008, how many cents did the U.S. oil and natural gas industry earn on every dollar of sales?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 12% | 0 to 10 cents |
| 12% | 11 to 20 cents |
| 17% | 21 to 30 cents |
| 24% | 31 to 40 cents |
| 35% | Not Sure |
Source: Oil Daily, March 5, 2008.
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12. In 2008, the price of crude oil accounted for what percentage of gasoline prices at the pump?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 11% | 0 to 20% |
| 21% | 21% to 40% |
| 23% | 41% to 60% |
| 15% | 61% to 80% |
| 31% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gaspump.html, January-December 2008.
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13. In 2008, federal, state and local taxes accounted for what percentage of gasoline prices at the pump?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 5% | 0 to 5% |
| 16% | 6% to 10% |
| 17% | 11% to 15% |
| 34% | 16% to 20% |
| 27% | Not Sure |
Source: Energy Information Administration. http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gaspump.html, January-December 2008.
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14. How many people in the United States are indirectly and directly employed by the oil and natural gas industry?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 14% | Less than 1 million people |
| 26% | 1 million to less than 5 million people |
| 15% | 5 million to 8 million people |
| 8% | More than 8 million people |
| 37% | Not Sure |
Source: BLS census of employment.
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15. What percentage of U.S. oil companies’ stocks are owned by pension plans and retirement accounts?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 11% | 0 to 15% |
| 17% | 16% to 30% |
| 17% | 31% to 45% |
| 9% | 46% to 60% |
| 46% | Not Sure |
Source: SONECON Report: The Distribution of Ownership of U.S. Oil and Gas Companies, September 2007.
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16. What percent of U.S. oil companies’ stocks are owned by corporate management?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 5% | 0 to 5% |
| 13% | 6% to 15% |
| 14% | 16% to 25% |
| 27% | More than 25% |
| 41% | Not Sure |
Source: SONECON Report: The Distribution of Ownership of U.S. Oil and Gas Companies, September 2007.
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17. 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)?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 26% | $1 to less than $35 billion |
| 16% | $35 to less than $65 billion |
| 9% | $65 to less than $100 billion |
| 8% | More than $100 billion |
| 40% | Not Sure |
Source: T2 and Associates and CEE “Oil and Gas Industry Investments in Alternative Energy, Frontier Hydrocarbons and Advanced End-Use Technologies Update,” October 2008.
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18. Which of the following groups spent the most on zero and low-carbon technologies since 2000?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 11% | Federal government |
| 23% | Oil and natural gas industry |
| 32% | Other private industries |
| 34% | Not sure |
Source: T2 and Associates and CEE “Key Investments in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies by Energy Firms, Other Industry and the Federal Government,” May 2008.
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19. What percent of the world’s proven oil reserves do U.S. oil companies control?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 14% | 0 to less than 10% |
| 25% | 10% to less than 20% |
| 19% | 20% to less than 30% |
| 9% | 30% to less than 40% |
| 34% | Not Sure |
Source: Oil and Gas Journal, December 22, 2008.
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20. Where does ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil and natural gas company, rank in size among the world’s largest holders of oil reserves?
Total
N=1298 | Answers (correct answers in bold) |
| 28% | Among the top 3 oil reserve holders |
| 28% | Among 4th to 10th oil reserve holders |
| 7% | Among 11th to 15th oil reserve holders |
| 6% | Not among the top 15 largest oil reserve holders |
| 31% | Not Sure |
Source: Oil and Gas Journal, December 22, 2008.
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