Abstract
In the Spring of 1975 the Friends of Cobb, a local environmental group, polled the registered voters of the Cobb Valley precinct, Lake County, California, about their opinions regarding the development of geothermal energy in Lake County. Sixty-five percent of those polled responded, and an analysis of their responses indicates the following: (1) The people of the Cobb Valley (which lies directly in the path of geothermal development) are rather less pleased with the prospect than a previous poll has shown the people of Lake County as a whole to be. As measured by an index of general support for development, one-third of the Cobb people are for development, one-third are against, and the remaining third are undecided or have mixed feelings. (Countywide, nearly two-thirds support development.) (2) Support for and opposition to geothermal development correlate most highly with the perception of environmental impacts, the expectation of economic benefits in the form of increased job opportunities and tax revenues, and size of land holdings. (3) Among those who own more than ten acres of land, the willingness to lease land for geothermal development correlates most highly with the perception of environmental impacts.
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