Energy Consumption
» Energy Consumption, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2006
Businesses have many costs. Please tell me if the following costs are _____________? How about:?
1. (expense) Energy, such as electricity, natural gas, gasoline, and fuel oil.
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The single largest business cost you have | 10 | ||
| 2 | One of the two or three largest business costs you have | 25 | ||
| 3 | One of the five largest business costs you have | 34 | ||
| 4 | Not in the top five business costs you have | 23 | ||
| 5 | Your business has no direct energy costs | 8 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 1 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 751 | |||
Notes: Energy is one of the three largest expenses in 35 percent of small businesses (Q#1).
