Table 3: Respondents’ views of benefits from sustainably harvested Maine wood bioproducts
Mill Town and Statewide respondents’ views of how beneficial each product would be if produced from wood sustainably harvested from Maine’s forests, by percent of respondents.
(1=not at all beneficial, and 7=very beneficial) |
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Electricity | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 518 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 20.5 | 37.1 | 5.37 (1.76) | 1.533 | 0.126 |
Statewide | 491 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 25.1 | 28.7 | 5.20 (1.74) | ||
Gasoline substitutes like ethanol | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 521 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 25.7 | 4.68 (2.00) | 0.180 | 0.857 |
Statewide | 487 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 16.6 | 14.4 | 19.3 | 23.0 | 4.65 (1.99) | ||
Diesel substitutes like biodiesel | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 517 | 11.8 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 18.4 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 22.6 | 4.45 (2.02) | 0.269 | 0.788 |
Statewide | 488 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 20.3 | 4.42 (2.04) | ||
Bio-oil for home heating | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 519 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 21.6 | 32.2 | 5.18 (1.83) | 0.335 | 0.737 |
Statewide | 491 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 16.1 | 25.1 | 28.5 | 5.14 (1.83) | ||
Wood pellets for home heating | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 522 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 22.0 | 38.3 | 5.47 (1.71) | 2.619 | 0.009 |
Statewide | 491 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 24.0 | 29.7 | 5.18 (1.84) | ||
Plastics substitutes | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 521 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 19.2 | 27.4 | 5.02 (1.80) | -1.704 | 0.089 |
Statewide | 488 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 14.3 | 19.3 | 27.9 | 24.6 | 5.20 (1.66) | ||
Medicines and pharmaceuticals | |||||||||||
n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
Mill Town | 520 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 17.5 | 14.0 | 21.5 | 36.3 | 5.46 (1.60) | -0.285 | 0.775 |
Statewide | 490 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 29.0 | 32.2 | 5.49 (1.56) |