Chris Horner is out of orbit of Planet Gore, but he emails the following:

Ok, that [Times] story was advocacy and defense-counsel work by someone pushing a template. But this is stupid: “The negative view of new gasoline taxes may reflect the wide expectation that pump prices will continue to increase regardless of government action.” Just a para or two after noting that people would pay much more to reduce dependence…just not to address gw/envt. In other words, they really do believe one is real and a problem, and sort of cocktail-party believe the other. This is a classic example of numbers exposing not just a passively held belief, but people being afraid to say a particular thing to a pollster.