Solar power tops poll of positive perceptions
Coal seam gas, which has become very controversial recently especially in NSW and Queensland, also rates badly.
A UMR survey last month found more than eight in 10 people had a positive view of solar energy; only 10 per cent were negative.
Three-quarters were positive on renewable energy. The gas industry also scored positively (61 per cent), but those rating the coal industry favourably outstripped those seeing it negatively relatively narrowly (45-38 per cent). People were equally divided about the oil industry (42 per cent each).
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