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Main focus of this Eurobarometer are environmental consciousness, attitudes to biotechnology and gene-technology as well as consumer behavior in the Common Market. Topics: Eligibility to vote at place of residence; personal opinion leadership and frequency of political discussions; postmaterialism; frequency of obtaining news from television, radio and newspapers; actual and desired speed of unification for the EC; importance of environmentally conscious conduct and thrifty or efficient use of energy (scale); importance of energy conservation and clean air in the cities; knowledge as well as assessment of the seriousness of the problems from the greenhouse effect, acid rain and destruction of the ozone layer; classification of causes for these environmental problems; actual personal contribution to energy conservation and perceived opportunities for further energy conservation; judgement on the efficiency of energy conservation of public institutions at local, regional, national, European and world-wide level; preference for direction decisions on energy investment by the market or government; judgement on energy sources regarding their future price stability, security of supply and their environmental risk; attitude to future development of nuclear energy; attitude to an increase in energy taxes; attitude to reduced taxation of environmentally friendly packaging and increased taxes for environmentally unfriendly packaging; sources of information about the risks of radioactivity; satisfaction with information about radioactivity as well as reasons for dissatisfaction; assessment of trustworthiness of information providers such as scientists, universities, government offices or environmental associations regarding radioactivity; most important criteria for trustworthiness; perceived risks of nuclear energy (scale); attitude to prevention of illegal transport of radioactive substances and improvement of security conditions in Eastern European nuclear power plants;...