How the Public Sees the Wild Ride on Oil Prices

The cost of fuel is the public's primary concern on energy, and world oil markets have given people plenty of cause for worry. The global recession should be pushing oil prices down, but instead markets are showing the worst volatility since the oil shocks of 30 years ago. Experts are divided on why this is happening, so it's no wonder the public is confused. Public Agenda's Energy Learning Curve™ shows just as many people blame speculators as increasing worldwide demand. Either way, however, the public doesn't believe our energy problems will go away when prices drop again.