GfK Austria has a new poll out about the "end of the world on Friday":
84% of Austrians say it will be a "day like any other". 7% say it won't.
18% say that there will be a "big scientific breakthrough that day with new vaccines against AIDS, cancer etc." - 59% say not
9% expect horrific amok runs or terrorist attacks, similar to 9/11, while 68% disagree
10% think there will be mass suicides, 72% think not
8% say that a ecological and endless source of energy form will be discovered that day, 74% not
7% think the EU will collapse, 77% not
8% think there will be an extreme natural disaster like a new Ice Age, 76% not
7% think the global economy will collapse, 77% not
6% think the Internet will break down globally, 81% not
4% think the global energy supply will collapse, 81% not
3% think there will be global peace, 82% not
3% think a new World War will start, 85% not
2% think that an asteroid will hit the earth, 88% not
2% think that there will be a first contact with intelligent alien lifeforms, 90% not
3% think humanity will die out, 91% not
http://www.gfk.at/imperia/md/content/gfkaustria/data/press/2012/folien_weltuntergang.pdf
