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A-l. We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I am going to name some of these problems, and for each one I’d like you to tell me whether you think we should spend more, the same, or less money than we are spending now. Here is a card that lists the answer categories.
SHOW CARD 1
First, (READ X’d ITEM) . . . do you think we should spend a great deal more money than we are spending now, somewhat more money, the same amount of money, somewhat less money, or a great deal less money on (ITEM)? (READ EACH ITEM; CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH; REPEAT ANSWER
A-2. Now, I’d like you to think about major environmental accidents caused by humans. Please think about those accidents anywhere in the world that caused the worst harm to the environment. (PAUSE) During your lifetime, which accidents come to mind as having damaged nature the most? (RECORD VERBATIM. PROBE FOR SPECIFIC DETAIL INCLUDING LOCATION.)
IF OIL SPILL(S) ARE MENTIONED WITHOUT LOCATION; ASK:
Where did (this/these) spill(s) happen?
A-2A. 0 CHECK IF ALASKAN OIL SPILL MENTIONED.
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A-3. How bportanl to you m are each of the following goals?
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First, (READ X’d ITEM) . . . is that extremely important to you, very important, somewhat important, not too important, or not important at all? (READ EACH
ITEM; CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH; REPEAT ANSWER
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A-4. Over the past twenty years the government has set aside a large amount of public land as wilderness. By law, no development of a kind, including roads and cutting down trees for lumber, is allowed on this land. In the aext few years how much m land do you think should be protected in this way -- a very large amount, a large amount, a moderate amount, a small amount, or none?
VERY LARGE AMOUNT ... 1 LARGE AMOUNT ... 2 MODERATE AMOUNT ... 3 SMALL AMOUNT ... 4 NONE ... 5 NOT SURE ... 8
BOX 1
IF M OIL SPILL fi NOT MENTIONED IN A-2, ASK A-S.
IF ALASKA OIL SPILL -MENTIONED IN A-2, READ THE FOLLQWING AND THEN SKIP TO QUESTION A-6&
Earlier you mentioned the Alaska oil spill. This spill occurred in March of 1989 when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on a reef in Prince William Sound. Part of its cargo, 11 million gallons of crude oil, spilled into the water. (SKIP TO A-6A)
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A-5. Have
YOUheard
orread about large oil spills in any part of
the world (other than those you mentioned earlier)?YES ...1 (A-5A) NO ...2 (A-6) NOT SURE ...3 (A-6)
A-5A. Which spill or spills are these ? (PROBE: Where did it happen?) (LIST NAME OR LOCATION OF SPILLS BELOW)
A-5B.
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CHECK IF ALASKAN OIL SPILL MENTIONED.BOX 2
IF THE uSK/j OIL SPILL JS NOT MENTIONED IN A-5/j, GO TO A-6.
IF ALASKA OIL SPILL JS MENTIONED IN A-5A, READ THE FOLLOWING
AND THEN SKIP TO QUESTION A-6A:
You mentioned the Alaska oil spill. This spill occurred in March of 1989 when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on a reef in Prince William Sound. Part of its cargo, 11 million gallons of crude oil, spilled into the water. (SKIP TO A-6A)
A-6. A spill occurred in March of 1989 when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Part of its cargo, 11 million gallons of crude oil, spilled into the water. Do you remember hearing anything about this spill?
YES ... 1 (A-6A)
NO ... 2 (PARAGRAPH A-6B) NOT SURE ... 8 (PARAGRAPH A-6B)
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A-6A. What was it about the natural environment around Prince William Sound that you feel was most seriously damaged by the oil spill? (PROBE: Anything else?) (RECORD VERBATIM.)
A-6B. I’d like to describe a plan to protect this part of Alaska from the effects of another large oil spill. First, I need to give you some background.
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Here is a map of the state of Alaska. (PAUSE)
In the upper right corner (POINT) is a smaller map showing Alaska on the rest of the United States. As you can see, Alaska is very large compared to the other states.
(As you may know,) in 1967 a large oil field was discovered in Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska here (POINT).
In 1977, the TransAlaska Pipeline opened to take the crude oil from Prudhoe Bay (TRACE ROUTE ON MAP) down to Valdez, a port on Prince William Sound.
This area in blue is Prince William Sound (POINT).
In Valdez, the oil is piped onto tankers which sail down to ports in the lower part of the United States. There the oil is refined into various products including moline. and fuel for electric Dower DW .
About one fourth of the oil produced in the U.S. comes from Alaska.
A-7. Have you ever been to Alaska?
YES . . . 1 (A-8) YES, AIRPORT ONLY
(IF VOLUNTEERED) . . . 2 (BOX 3) NO . . . 3 (BOX 3) LIVED THERE
PREVIOUSLY . . . 4 (A-9)
BOX 3
IF ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD, CHECK HERE 0 , GO TO A-1OA.
IF MORE THAN ONE PERSON, GO TO A-7A.
A-7A. Has anyone else living in your household ever been to Alaska?
YES ... 1 (A-lOA . MAP 2) YES, AIRPORT ONLY ... 2 (A-1OA . MAP 2) NO ... 3 (A-1OA . MAP 2) LIVED THERE
PREVIOUSLY ... 4 (A-1OA . h4A.P 2)
A-8. How many times have you been there?
ONCE ... 1 TWICE ...2 THREE TO FIVE TIMES ... 3 MORE THAN FIVE TIMES ... 4
OTHER (SPECIFY): 5
A-9. What year were you (last) there? (RECORD YEAR OR APPROXIMATE YEAR.1
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A-10. Did you ever visit the Prince William Sound area?
YES . . . 1 NO . . . 2
OTHER (SPECIFY): 3
This map shows Prince William Sound. (PAUSE) It is an enlargement of the area shown in blue on Map 1 (SHOW). The Sound is a body of salt water, a little over one hundred miles wide. As you can see, it has many islands and inlets, so its coastline is several hundred miles long (TRACE OUT PORTION OF COAST).
From Valdez (POINT) this is the route the tankers use to the Gulf of Alaska (TRACE ROUTE), a journey of 75 miles.
They leave Prince William Sound for the open sea here. (POINT AT PLACE WHERE THE TANKERS ENTER THE GULF OF ALASKA)
This photograph shows Valdez from the air. This is the town (POINT)
and across from the town is the terminal where the oil is piped onto tankers (POINT). These are some tankers (POINT).
The tankers go through the narrows here (POINT)
into Prince William Sound. The Exxon Valdez tanker went aground on an underwater reef about here (POINT).
This whole area (POINT) is Prince William Sound.
The next photo shows a view of part of the Sound.
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