Nearly 60% of Canadians think clean energy will be “very important” in the Canadian economy in 10 years, compared to fewer than 30% who say the same about oil and gas, according to the latest round of opinion research conducted by Abacus Data for Clean Energy Canada.
“The results paint a picture of a population that believes oil and gas matter to today’s economy, but a striking number also see the clean energy sector as highly important,” Abacus CEO David Coletto writes in a summary of the research results. “What’s more, the public tends to believe that clean energy will become more important over time, while oil and gas will recede in importance.”
Across the country, equal numbers of respondents consider oil and gas and clean energy important to today’s economy, the survey of 1,500 Canadians found. But “in every part of the country…