Reply #2: It's a biased poll question, but people with an internationalist outlook could choose that option

[muriel_volestrangler]

ie those who think about the global population, rather than putting the USA first. But by making that the only justification for cutting oil consumption, the poll is indeed trying to influence the answers - many would either say reduce it to help the US economy, as you do, or reduce it to help the world environment. Since many will reject the reason given, it ends up with a much smaller percentage saying "reduce oil consumption" - which may be what someone then uses in a headline.

Have you just been asked this, or was it from last year, when this blogger made roughly the same point as you?