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High gasoline prices have dramatically changed Americans' views on energy and the environment, with more people now viewing oil drilling and new power plants as a greater priority than energy conservation, according to a new survey.

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    engineer1 month, 4 weeks ago

    The poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center shows nearly half of those surveyed â;; or 47 percent â;; now rate energy exploration, drilling and building new power plants as the top priority, compared with 35 percent who believed that five months earlier.

    The Pew poll, conducted in late June, showed the number of people who consider energy conservation as more important declined by 10 percentage points since February from a clear majority to 45 percent. People are now about evenly split on which is more important.

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      engineer1 month, 4 weeks ago

      People don't realize the inevitable. Conserving will be the best for now and in the future

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