Five of them expect a drop of less than 10 percent, with only one predicting larger declines up to 20 per cent.

That's equal to a quarter of all the gas used in the United States in a year, 30 percent of the European Union's yearly gas consumption, or 75 per cent of Russia's gas exports.

Using modern technology was also a big factor for men with 11 per cent saying it was very important, almost double the six percent of women who picked it.