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2021 Public Polling Results 70% of Americans View Oil Pipelines Favorably AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTS TO AVOID ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IN WAYS THAT WOULD INCREASE ENERGY COSTS Association of Oil Pipe Lines | April 2021 | Contact: John Stoody at jstoody@aopl.org
Introduction
In 2019, Americans consumed over 142 billion gallons of gasoline. At the same time, most
Americans live far away from where their energy is produced or turned into useful
products. Indeed, the 50 million Americans in the Northeast Corridor from Boston to
Washington, DC live over 2,000 miles from major oil producing fields in West Texas and
over 1,700 miles from major refineries along the Gulf Coast.
To deliver millions of Americans the billions of gallons of fuel they need requires a
national network of pipelines. Over 225,000 miles of pipelines crisscross America
delivering over 24 billion barrels of crude oil and refined products per year.
While we have a national network of pipelines, they often go unnoticed by the general
public because they travel underground. The average American doesn’t think about
pipelines on a daily basis, but certain groups have tried to insert pipelines into the
national conversation on energy and climate. AOPL wanted to know what the American
public thinks about pipelines and whether the loudest voices in the pipeline debate truly
represent the feelings of the American public.
About this Research
AOPL commissioned this research to gauge the sentiment of the American public
towards liquids pipelines, climate change, and actions to address climate change.
The independent polling firm Wakefield Research conducted an online quantitative
survey of 3,000 U.S. consumers between February 11 and February 24, 2021 using an
email invitation and online survey. The margin of error for this study is +/- 1.8 percentage
points at the 95% confidence level for the total sample. The survey included at least 200
persons in each of the following eight audiences: Gen Z, Rural Landowners, Urban
Renters, Millennial Moms, Blue-Collar, Seniors, Older Millennials and STEM Professionals.
About the Association of Oil Pipe Lines
The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) represents liquids pipeline owners and
operators transporting crude oil, petroleum products like gasoline and diesel, jet fuel,
home heating oil, propane and industry raw materials like propane.
www.aopl.org 2Key Findings
70% of Americans have a positive impression of pipelines with
their intensity of support increasing.
Seven in ten Americans surveyed have a positive impression of pipelines, up from 65% in
2019. In Americans’ own words, they feel positively about pipelines because they are
necessary for their fuel needs and the safest way to transport fuel. Even among more
critically minded groups of Americans, like Gen Z and Urban Renters, the majority of
these groups also have positive impressions. In 2021, 36% of Americans have strong
positive impressions of pipelines, an 11-point jump from 2020.
Americans are worried about climate change, with concern
holding steady at 68% in the past year.
Americans are steady in their concern about climate change, with 68% expressing worry
both in 2020 and 2021. Among key sub-audiences, Blue Collar, Seniors and Rural
Landowners are above 60% and Urban Renters, Gen Z and Millennial Moms are above
70%. Over 40% of Americans are very worried about climate change.
Americans want to minimize financial impacts to their energy
bills to combat climate change.
Despite concern about climate change, public support for individual measures to combat
climate change is low when faced with personal financial impacts. Only 39% of
Americans would support a requirement for electricity to come from wind or solar.
Support declines further as the policy proposal becomes a more direct imposition on
convenience or personal expense. Americans want to avoid options to address climate
change that would increase the cost of heating or cooling their home (71%), increase the
cost of gasoline (69%) or make them buy a smaller vehicle (68%).
Americans want to avoid energy industry disruptions when
combating climate change.
The majority of Americans do not want to address climate change in a way that would
disrupt their daily supply of energy or the job security of fellow Americans. Nearly three-
quarters of Americans (74%) oppose options to address climate change that would lead
to temporary delivery disruptions or supply shortages.
www.aopl.org 3Similarly, 74% of Americans oppose forcing oil and gas workers out of work and 71%
oppose forcing oil and gas workers to take a pay cut.
Americans want reliable energy sources that are delivered safely
and affordably.
While Americans express worry over climate change, they prefer the benefits from
conventional fuel sources over cleaner more renewable energy. About 3 in 5 Americans
rank safety, affordability and reliability as their top 3 most important aspects for energy
they consume.
The majority of Americans believe canceling pipelines is not a
good way to combat climate change.
The majority of Americans (53%) think canceling pipelines is not a good way to combat
climate change and 64% feel this way due to the possibility oil and gas will be
transported other ways that result in more greenhouse gas emissions.
www.aopl.org 470% of Americans have a positive
impression of pipelines
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www.aopl.org 5
RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL RESEARCH
13 PREPARED FOR AOPL 13In Americans’ own words, they feel positively about pipelines because they are necessary for
their fuel needs and the safest way to transport fuel to Americans. Americans also associate
pipelines with creating jobs, which ranks as the third most frequently cited reason for pipeline
support.
Reason for favorable opinion toward oil pipelines
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Americans are worried about climate
change, with concern steady at 68%
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This level of concern was unchanged from 2020 despite the presidential election year, pandemic
and economic downturn.
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71%
impacts to their energy bills to combat
current impression of oil pipelines?
RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL RESEARCH
13 PREPARED FOR AOPL 13
RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL
climate change
RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL 13 13
Despite concern about climate change, public support for individual measures to combat climate
change is low when faced with personal financial impacts. Fewer than 4 in 10 Americans would
support a requirement for electricity to come from wind or solar. Only 22% support paying energy
or carbon taxes and 21% support requirements to buy electric or alternative fuel vehicles.
www.aopl.org 7Because of additional financial impacts, support for individual measures to combat climate change is low. Less than 2 in 5
Americans would support measures like energy source requirements, requirements for more fuel-efficient vehicles and switching to
electric cars.
ACTIONS PERSONALLY CONSIDER SUPPORTING
AMONG THOSE WHO WOULD PERSONALLY PAY MORE PER MONTH IN HIGHER ENERGY
FEES TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, n=2,346
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Among those who would be willing to pay more per month in higher energy fees to combat climate change: You indicated that you would be willing to pay extra per month to combat climate change. Which of the following actions would you personally
consider supporting?
RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL 20
A E ICA D A ADD E C I A E CHA GE I H
Americans want to avoid options to address climate change that would increase the cost of
INCREASED ENERGY COSTS
heating or cooling their home (71%), increase the cost of gasoline (69%) or make them buy a
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prices to be increased. They also want to avoid additional tax burdens to combat climate change.
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RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL 26
AMERICANS WANT TO MINIMIZE FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO THEIR ENERGY
BILL TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
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Which of the following best describes how much more you would be willing to pay per month in higher energy fees to combat cli mate change? / Among those who would be willing to pay more per month in higher energy fees t
more per month would you be willing to pay in higher energy fees to combat climate change?
RESEARCH PREPA
Which of the following best describes how much more you would be willing to pay per month in higher energy fees to combat climate change? / Among those who would be willing to pay more per month in higher energy fees to combat climate change: How much
more per month would you be willing to pay in higher energy fees to combat climate change?
RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL 19
www.aopl.org 8The intensity of public desire to pay more personally to address climate change is low. Among
those willing to pay more per month in higher energy fees for climate change, 68% say they are
willing to pay up to $50 per month and 42% say they would only pay less than $20 per month.
$ Amount willing to pay in higher energy fees to combat climate change
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
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$20 - $50
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Americans want to avoid energy
industry disruptions when combating
climate change
AMERICANS WANT TO AVOID ENERGY INDUSTRY DISRUPTIONS WHEN
The majority of Americans want to avoid addressing climate change in ways that would disrupt
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
their daily supply of energy or the job security of fellow Americans. Americans also want to avoid
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come with that change.
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N=3,000
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RESEARCH PREPARED FOR AOPL 25
www.aopl.org 9When discussing alternatives to constructing pipelines, many of the replacement jobs suggested
by pipeline opponents pay substantially less than pipeline construction work. When asked their
opinion on the subject, nearly three-quarters of Americans want to avoid forcing oil and gas
workers out of work (74%) or forcing oil and gas workers to take a pay cut (71%) to address
climate change. This opposition is consistent across all key sub-audiences.
% of sub-audiences who agree we should avoid options to address the climate that
forcing oil/gas workers out of work or force oil/gas workers to take a pay cut
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90%
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STEM Professionals Rural Landowners Seniors Older Millennials Millennial Moms Blue Collar Urban Renters Gen Z
STEM RURAL SENIORS OLDER MILLENNIAL BLUE COLLAR URBAN GEN Z
PROFESSIONALS LANDOWNERS MILLENNIALS MOMS RENTERS
Americans want reliable energy
sources that are delivered safely and
affordably
Approximately 3 in 5 Americans rank safety, affordability and reliability as their top 3 most
important aspects for energy they consume. Environmental values such as clean emissions and
renewability rank 4th and 5th respectively.
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Safety Affordability Reliability Clean Emissions Renewability Abundance
www.aopl.org 10The majority of Americans believe
canceling pipelines is not a good way
to combat climate change
A majority of Americans (53%) disagree that canceling new pipeline projects is good way to
address climate change. Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) disagree with canceling new
THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOW BELIEVE CANCELING PIPELINES IS
pipeline projects when they learn that oil will be delivered by truck or train, which both emit more
NOT A GOOD WAY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
greenhouse gases compared to pipeline delivery.
Shifting from a minority in 2020 (40%) to a majority in 2021, 53% of Americans disagree with the sentiment that canceling
% Whopipelines
disagreeis a good way to address climate change. When providing Americans with more information on the alternative
canceling a new pipeline % Who disagree after learning that
transportation options, over 2 in 3 (64%) disagree (a 12-point upward shift).
oil will
project is a good way to address global instead be delivered by truck, train or ship
% WHO AGREE CANCELING A NEW PIPELINE PROJECT IS % WHO STILL AGREE EVEN IF THIS MEANS THAT OIL
climate change
A GOOD WAY TO ADDRESS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE DELIVERED BY TRUCK, TRAIN, OR SHIP
N=3,000 REBASED TO SHOW OVERALL, N=3,000
2020: 40%
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Agree (net) Agree (net) 36%
47% 47% 36%
Disagree (net) 53% Disagree (net) 64%
53%
64%
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change: Do you still agree that canceling a new pipeline project is a good way to address climate change even if this means that oil will be delivered by truck or train, which both emit more greenhouse gases compared to delivery by pipelines?
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delivered instead by train or truck.
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How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - Canceling a new pipeline project is a good way to address global climate change. / Among those who agree that canceling a new pipeline project is a good way to address global climate
change: Do you still agree that canceling a new pipeline project is a good way to address climate change even if this means that oil will be delivered by truck or train, which both emit more greenhouse RESEARCH
RESEARCH PREPARED
gases compared FOR
FORbyAOPL
to delivery
PREPARED pipelines?
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www.aopl.org 112021 Public Polling Results
70% of Americans View Oil Pipelines Favorably
AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTS TO AVOID ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IN WAYS THAT
WOULD INCREASE ENERGY COSTS
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