{"id":12253,"date":"2017-06-08T08:20:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=12253"},"modified":"2017-06-08T08:20:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T21:50:06","slug":"poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians Want More Government Focus On Renewable Energy: Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12254\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12254\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-wind-power-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Wind and solar power in Australia\" width=\"700\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-wind-power-australia.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-wind-power-australia-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar panel image : <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=20061804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Public Domain<\/a> | Wind turbine image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=1911865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Public Domain<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Poll results just released indicate an overwhelming majority of Australians want to see a greater government focus on renewable energy, even if it costs more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lowy Institute Poll<\/a> results show 81% of Australians want the government to \u2018focus on renewables, even if this means we may need to invest more in infrastructure to make the system more reliable\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Just 17% believe the government should focus on energy sources such as coal and gas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/renewable-energy-lowy.png\" alt=\"Renewable energy - poll results\" width=\"450\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/renewable-energy-lowy.png 450w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/renewable-energy-lowy-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alex Oliver, Director of the Institute&#8217;s polling program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/publications\/almost-all-australians-favour-renewables-over-coal-and-gas-and-want-more-investment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> says<\/a> this year&#8217;s results align with previous findings of preference for alternative energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>In a related article published on the Sydney Morning Herald, Ms. Oliver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/climate-change\/australians-want-focus-on-renewables-not-coal-lowy-poll-finds-20170607-gwmake.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also stated<\/a> the results were surprising given the poll was run while events such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-politicians-confuse-wind-power-powerful-winds\/\">state-wide blackout in South Australia<\/a> and the impacts of New South Wales&#8217; heatwave on electricity supplies were still fresh in people&#8217;s minds.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also indicated climate change is becoming more of a concern for Australians, with the majority seeing it as a serious threat. 54% agree that \u2018global warming is a serious and pressing problem [and] we should begin taking steps now even if this involves significant costs\u2019.\u00a0 This view was up 18 points compared to 2012. Only 15% felt climate change did not pose an important threat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/climate-change-lowy.png\" alt=\"Climate Change - Poll results\" width=\"704\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/climate-change-lowy.png 704w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/climate-change-lowy-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The issue of climate change was ranked number three of top concerns in the poll, behind international terrorism and North Korea&#8217;s nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 Lowy Institute Poll was a nationally representative telephone survey of 1200 Australian adults conducted between 1 and 21 March 2017 and full results will be released on June 21. The Institute is an independent, nonpartisan international policy think tank located based in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The results come just prior to release of the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market final report, also known as the &#8220;Finkel Review&#8221;. Chair of the Review Panel is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiefscientist.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia&#8217;s Chief Scientist<\/a>, Dr. Alan Finkel.<\/p>\n<p>Fossil fuels are continuing to fall out of favour with Australians not just due to the effects of burning them, but also the impacts associated with how they are extracted. A survey we covered last month indicated twice the number of Australians support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-fracking-moratorium-mb0017\/\">moratoriums on fracking for coal seam gas<\/a> compared to those who oppose them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll results just released indicate an overwhelming majority of Australians want to see a greater government focus on renewable energy, even if it costs more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australians Want More Government Focus On Renewable Energy: Poll - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New poll results indicate an overwhelming majority of Australians want to see a greater government focus on renewable energy, even if it costs more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australians Want More Government Focus On Renewable Energy: Poll\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New poll results indicate an overwhelming majority of Australians want to see a greater government focus on renewable energy, even if it costs more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-07T21:50:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/solar-wind-power-australia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"428\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australians Want More Government Focus On Renewable Energy: Poll\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-07T21:50:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/poll-australian-renewable-energy-mb0071\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/solar-wind-power-australia.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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