Idealism vs. Realism

"As gas prices pinch, support for energy exploration rises" - Pew Research Center

Well...fancy that...the price for gas goes up and suddenly sucking out that oil under ANWR, increasing exploration, and increasing production isn't quite so Evil™ an idea after all.


In one of the statistical summaries it is interesting to note the demographics of those that showed the greatest % of change.

• Support among self identified Liberals showed a 23% increase vs. 15% moderate or 0% Conservatives
  

• Support among 18-29 year olds showed a 25% increase vs. 12% of 30-49 year olds or 11% of 50-65 year olds (So aparently youthful idealism is cool and all...as long as it doesn't hit your pocket too hard.)

• Support among women showed a 18% increase vs. 5% men.

So drawing from the stats in the Pew report the typical person making the biggest switch in opinion as a result of the increase in gas prices is a Liberal woman between the ages of 18-29 who considers herself a Democrat or Independent voter. Feel free to make your own jokes.

Yes I know I'm abusing the statistics a bit here, but it's ok because its all for a laugh and if that's good enough for John Stewart then it's good enough for me.