By: katie.ireland

If anything is in style right now, it’s definitely being “green.” From Oscar telecasts to office rooftops, everyone’s got the environmental bug.

So I was surprised to find that, in a recent poll of coastal residents from New York through Virginia, most of those surveyed were in favor of offshore energy “exploration.”

The poll, conducted by Monmouth University, found that 46 percent of residents would support ocean drilling — a staggering increase when compared with the 33 percent that were in favor of drilling two years ago.

You could call it a backlash against the Hollywood – and Washington – elite telling us to buy hybrids. One thing’s certain: people seem to be changing their tune about seeking new energy resources. But at what cost?