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A questionnaire about the energy issue was designed and then widely distributed online. In all, 37 questions were asked, and we performed the core analysis of the questionnaire here. Finally, we collected 231 samples, 15 of which were canceled as invalid samples due to their short answering time (less than 180 seconds). The remaining 216 samples were regarded as valid responds that qualified for further analysis.

A questionnaire about the energy issue was designed and then widely distributed online. In all, 37 questions were asked, and we performed the core analysis of the questionnaire here. Finally, we collected 231 samples, 15 of which were canceled as invalid samples due to their short answering time (less than 180 seconds). The remaining 216 samples were regarded as valid responds that qualified for further analysis.

Most participants were from the 18-25 age group or the 41-50 age group. About 39% of the respondents aged from 18 to 25, and 13% of them aged from 31 to 40, while more than 35% were aged from 41 to 50. The diagram below shows an ideal age distribution aged from 18 to 50, with only a few respondents below 18 or over 50. With regards of the education background, over 77% of the participants were well-educated with at least a bachelor degree who surely shared sufficient social experience and intellects. These statistics here demonstrate and ensure the underlying statistical significance.

Most participants were from the 18-25 age group or the 41-50 age group. About 39% of the respondents aged from 18 to 25, and 13% of them aged from 31 to 40, while more than 35% were aged from 41 to 50. The diagram below shows an ideal age distribution aged from 18 to 50, with only a few respondents below 18 or over 50. With regards of the education background, over 77% of the participants were well-educated with at least a bachelor degree who surely shared sufficient social experience and intellects. These statistics here demonstrate and ensure the underlying statistical significance.

When investigated on public awareness of the energy issue, as many as 78% respondents laid strong emphasis on the issue. They considered the energy issue as an extremely urgent social problem that needed to be solved, which strongly illustrated the huge potential and prospect for our project.<p></p>

When investigated on public awareness of the energy issue, as many as 78% respondents laid strong emphasis on the issue. They considered the energy issue as an extremely urgent social problem that needed to be solved, which strongly illustrated the huge potential and prospect for our project.<p></p>

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When asked about whether people were familiar with the green energy, only 13% of the participants chose the most familiarity. Over 51% of the samples showed insufficient knowledge in green energy, which demonstrates the strong need for more public propagation. And this assumption were then further illustrated by the following question that “whether it is necessary to publicly enforce the idea of green energy”, with about 95%  participants demonstrated positive attitude.<p></p>

When asked about whether people were familiar with the green energy, only 13% of the participants chose the most familiarity. Over 51% of the samples showed insufficient knowledge in green energy, which demonstrates the strong need for more public propagation. And this assumption were then further illustrated by the following question that “whether it is necessary to publicly enforce the idea of green energy”, with about 95%  participants demonstrated positive attitude.<p></p>

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Speaking of the overall attitude towards the present application of hydrogen production, more than half of the participants showed negative attitudes, which was understandable due to the high costs and immature methods of industrial production. However, when asked about whether the hydrogen could be a sustainable energy source, a substantial increase in positive attitude could be seen, which shows the huge potential for the further development of hydrogen. Although there were still 45% held a negative attitude towards the application of hydrogen, our team believes that people may become more and more confident about it as long as the technologies are more mature and they are more familiar with the hydrogen with their main concerns eliminated. <p></p>

Speaking of the overall attitude towards the present application of hydrogen production, more than half of the participants showed negative attitudes, which was understandable due to the high costs and immature methods of industrial production. However, when asked about whether the hydrogen could be a sustainable energy source, a substantial increase in positive attitude could be seen, which shows the huge potential for the further development of hydrogen. Although there were still 45% held a negative attitude towards the application of hydrogen, our team believes that people may become more and more confident about it as long as the technologies are more mature and they are more familiar with the hydrogen with their main concerns eliminated. <p></p>

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In terms of the concerns for the application of hydrogen as an energy source, the biggest two dominating concerns were laid in safety and costs. From a scientific point of view, as long as the transportation and storage of hydrogen is proper enough to avoid the explosion limits, the usage of hydrogen is relatively safe. (This point would be verified by the field professors through the late interview.) Actually, it is pretty much similar to the usage of coal gas and nature gas. Since people could handle with these two inflammable gasses properly, with the further development of relevant technologies, we hold pretty positive prospects with regards of the safety concerns. However, based on our background search, the way to maintain relatively low cost producing hydrogen are still not available; and this just again demonstrates the huge potential value of our project.<p></p>

In terms of the concerns for the application of hydrogen as an energy source, the biggest two dominating concerns were laid in safety and costs. From a scientific point of view, as long as the transportation and storage of hydrogen is proper enough to avoid the explosion limits, the usage of hydrogen is relatively safe. (This point would be verified by the field professors through the late interview.) Actually, it is pretty much similar to the usage of coal gas and nature gas. Since people could handle with these two inflammable gasses properly, with the further development of relevant technologies, we hold pretty positive prospects with regards of the safety concerns. However, based on our background search, the way to maintain relatively low cost producing hydrogen are still not available; and this just again demonstrates the huge potential value of our project.<p></p>

In the questionnaire, we briefly described the idea and mechanism of our energy-conversion platform, gaining about 63% of the positive feedback. Therefore, the real application of our platform in a big productive scale is relatively promising and deserved. However, we also notice the 37% with a relatively negative feedback, which also reminds us of further improvements on our ideas, especially with regard to the safety, cost, and efficiency based on the feedback from previous questions. And we believe that as long as the technologies are more mature and their main concerns are eliminated, people would hold a more positive point of view. <p></p>

In the questionnaire, we briefly described the idea and mechanism of our energy-conversion platform, gaining about 63% of the positive feedback. Therefore, the real application of our platform in a big productive scale is relatively promising and deserved. However, we also notice the 37% with a relatively negative feedback, which also reminds us of further improvements on our ideas, especially with regard to the safety, cost, and efficiency based on the feedback from previous questions. And we believe that as long as the technologies are more mature and their main concerns are eliminated, people would hold a more positive point of view. <p></p>

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