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Survey: Energy Issues for MIT to Focus On

Area	Number	Percent
Resource depletion	469	28%
Global climate change	456	27%
Local pollution and health impacts	187	11%
Energy costs	152	9%
Energy reliability	134	8%
Public awareness of energy issues	97	6%
Equity of energy availability	75	4%
Political energy dependence	59	4%
Other	44	3%

SOURCE: energy club survey Results

In a survey on the MIT energy initiative sent to members of the community, mostly students, respondents listed what they thought MIT’s primary focus for energy research should be.