Last week, ABC News and the Washington Post dutifully produced a poll that purports to examine public opinion with respect to EPA’s proposed rule on existing source standards for greenhouse gases emitted by generators. The headline speaks for itself: “A huge majority of Americans support regulating carbon from power plants. And they’re even willing to pay for it.” Since this runs counter to every single survey that I have read or focus group that I have observed over the past two years, I thought it might be worth taking a look under the hood of this conveniently timed survey. Turns out it is deficient in several respects. Let’s talk them one at a time.