Majorities support expanding natural gas in most places; far fewer support expanding oil, coal % who favor expanding each of the following as a source of "energy
A median of 69% of adults across the 20 global publics favor expanding the use of natural gas, including about two-thirds or more in 16 of those places. The survey was conducted between October 2019 and March 2020 in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Russia and other places in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Majorities support expanding natural gas in most  | places; far fewer support expanding oil, coal  | % who favor expanding each of the following as a source of "energy  | Natural gas  | Oil  | Coal  | South Korea  | 88  | 49  | 22  | Russia  | 81  | 58  | 56  | Poland  | 80  | 49  | 38  | 69 71 73 72 74 74 75  | Malaysia  | 55  | Italy  | 21  | Singapore  | 43  | 21  | Czech Rep.  | 43  | 32  | U.S  | 47  | 38  | India  | 53  | 53  | Brazil  | 54  | 42  | Taiwan  | 68  | 26  | 15  | Australia  | 67  | 36  | 34  | 16 17  | Canada  | 66  | 40  | France  | 66  | 25  | 66  | 37  | 24  | Japan  | Germany  | 64  | 32  | 20  | UK  | 23  | 59  | 36  | Spain  | 52  | 19  | 25  | Sweden  | 11  | 5  | 45  | Netherlands  | 38  | 26  | 13  | MEDIAN  | 69  | 39  | 24  | Note: Respondents who gave other responses or did not give an answer are not shown.  | Source: intemational Science Survey 2019 2020 0260 026d 026f.  | "Science and Scientists Held in High Esteem Across Global Publics'  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 