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Framing peak petroleum as a public health problem: Audience research and participatory engagement in the United States

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  • Nisbet, M.C.
  • Maibach, E.
  • Leiserowitz, A.

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Between December 2009 and January 2010, we conducted a nationally representative telephone survey of US adults (n=1001; completion rate=52.9%) to explore perceptions of risks associated with peak petroleum. We asked respondents to assess the likelihood that oil prices would triple over the next 5 years and then to estimate the economic and health consequences of that event. Nearly half (48%) indicated that oil prices were likely to triple, causing harm to human health; an additional 16% said dramatic price increases were unlikely but would harm health if they did occur. A large minority (44%) said sharp increases in oil prices would be "very harmful" to health. Respondents who self-identified as very conservative and those who were strongly dismissive of climate change were the respondents most likely to perceive very harmful health consequences.

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  • Nisbet, M.C. & Maibach, E. & Leiserowitz, A., 2011. "Framing peak petroleum as a public health problem: Audience research and participatory engagement in the United States," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(9), pages 1620-1626.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300230_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300230
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    1. Nada Petrovic & Jaime Madrigano & Lisa Zaval, 2014. "Motivating mitigation: when health matters more than climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 126(1), pages 245-254, September.

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