American Exceptionalism? Similarities and Differences in National Attitudes Toward Energy Policy and Global Warming

Reiner, David; Curry, Tom; Figueiredo, M De; Herzog, Howard J.; Ansolabehere, Stephen; Itaoka, Kenshi; Johnsson, Filip; Odenberger, Mikael

doi:10.1021/es052010b

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“…In summary, there is a general concern that the public is not informed on CCS (also a conclusion made by Ramírez et al, 2008) which is also confirmed by polls on CCS (e.g. Reiner et al, 2006). Here, follow up studies on stakeholder and public attitudes are important to see if stakeholder concerns decrease and/or public knowledge increases over time.…”

Section: Q2 How Would You Characterize the Role That Ccs Plays In Thmentioning

confidence: 54%

“…Question Q4 did not relate the technologies to costs or ability to contribute to CO2 reductions which if included in question may of course have given a different picture. A previous study by the authors (Reiner et al 2006) polled the public in the same four regions as in this study. A majority of the public strongly preferred renewable-based technologies over fossil fuelled technologies and nuclear power.…”

Section: Q2 How Would You Characterize the Role That Ccs Plays In Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several more recent surveys of societal attitudes have focused on public opinion surveys (e.g. de Best-Waldhober et al, 2006, Reiner et al, 2006 and still fewer stakeholder surveys have been conducted. Shackley et al (2007) investigate stakeholder perceptions on CCS in Europe and their study also share some questions with this work.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Stakeholder attitudes on Carbon Capture and Storage—An international comparison

Johnsson

Reiner

Itaoka³

et al. 2010

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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This paper presents results from a survey on stakeholder attitudes towards Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The survey is the first to make a global comparison across three major regions; USA, Japan, and Europe. The 30-question survey targeted individuals working at stakeholder organizations that seek to shape, and will need to respond to, policy on CCS, including electric utilities, oil & gas companies, CO2-intensive industries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).The results show generally small differences across the regions and between the different groups of stakeholders. All believed that the challenge of significant reductions in emissions using only current technologies was severe. There is a widespread belief both that renewable technologies such as solar power and CCS will achieve major market entry into the electricity sector within the next 10 to 20 years, whereas there is more skepticism about the role of hydrogen and especially nuclear fusion in the next 50 years. All groups were generally positive towards renewable energy. Yet, there were some notable areas of disagreement in the responses, for example, as expected, NGOs considered the threat of climate change to be more serious than the other groups. North Americans respondents were more likely to downplay the threat compared to those of the other regions. The Japanese were more concerned about the burden that would be placed on industry in the coming decade as a result of emissions constraints and NGOs were more likely to believe that the burden would be light or very light. NGOs believed CCS to be far more attractive than nuclear fusion power but much less than renewables. As expected, the risk for leakage from reservoirs was ranked number one of the risk options given.

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Section: Q2 How Would You Characterize the Role That Ccs Plays In Thmentioning

confidence: 54%

Section: Q2 How Would You Characterize the Role That Ccs Plays In Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stakeholder attitudes on Carbon Capture and Storage—An international comparison

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et al. 2010

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

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“…As an equivalent to 'stopping climate change' or 'solving global warming', this value is similar to the one implied by Viscusi & Zeckhauser (2006). In any case, our WTP-values are much lower than those in the study by Reiner et al (2006). Alavalapati et al (2004) investigated benefits for 3 environmental attributes (C-sequestration, water quality, wildlife habitats in silvopasture).…”

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“…Viscusi & Zeckhauser (2006) found a mean WTP of 0.32 € per gallon of gas to eliminate the risks of climate change for a 30 yr period. Similarly, Reiner et al (2006) asked how much respondents would pay on top of their existing electric bill to 'solve global warming'; 90% of respondents were willing to pay a maximum of 32 € per month, (< 400 € yr -1 on US Department of Transportation 2008). This is much higher than the shadow price for the sequestration of 1 t C emitted in our results (7.34 € t C emitted person -1 yr -1) .…”

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User community preferences for climate change mitigation and adaptation measures around Hainich National Park, Germany

Rajmis

Barkmann²,

Marggraf³

2009

Clim. Res.

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In contemporary media discourse, suggestions for publicly mandated climate change mitigation or adaptation measures are frequently challenged from a cost perspective. However, empirical data on the actual economic appreciation of local mitigation and adaptation measures expressed as citizen willingness-to-pay (WTP) are scarce. In this paper, we report results of a preference survey using a choice experiment (CE) that quantifies economic preferences for biodiversitybased climate change mitigation and adaptation in the region surrounding Hainich National Park (Thuringia, Germany). A representative sample of 302 respondents -the majority of them frequent Hainich forest visitors -was interviewed in autumn 2006. Nested logit analysis showed that respondents state a substantially positive WTP for climate change mitigation by afforestation (p < 0.001). If converted to WTP for an additional sequestration of carbon that average German citizens emit as CO 2 , a monetary value of 7.34 € yr -1 t C -1 is obtained. For increasing forest resistance and resilience against insect pests and storms (climate change adaptation) a WTP of 27.54 € yr -1 (p < 0.001) is obtained, and 16.83 € yr -1 (p < 0.001) is obtained for increasing the general resilience and resistance of forest ecosystems to environmental stressors. Respondents support moderate programs to eradicate invasive plants when compared to more aggressive eradication measures. Due to the lack of comparable studies, it can only be conservatively assumed that WTP would be lower if mitigation and adaptation measures were to be implemented in forests not, or only rarely, used by respondents. As all proposed means for climate change mitigation and adaptation contribute to local forest ecosystem biodiversity, the results of the study advocate the realization of measures that potentially benefit both climate policy and regional conservation concerns.

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The influence of information on individuals' reactions to CCS technologies: results from experimental online survey research

Oltra¹,

Sala²,

Boso³

2012

Greenhouse Gases

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The effective engagement of the public in carbon capture and storage (CCS) has become important in recent years. The most basic level of engagement is to inform the public about the characteristics of the technology. It is often assumed that providing more information will increase individuals' acceptance of the technology. However, social research on the effect of information on individuals' attitudes toward CCS has questioned this assumption. This paper reports the results of an experimental online survey aimed at analyzing how additional information on CCS affects individuals' reactions to CCS. Our findings suggest that information can influence individuals' reactions to CCS; specifically, those messages that link CCS to natural processes result in a slightly more positive reaction to CCS among individuals. © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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American Exceptionalism? Similarities and Differences in National Attitudes Toward Energy Policy and Global Warming

Cited by 110 publications

References 8 publications

Stakeholder attitudes on Carbon Capture and Storage—An international comparison

Stakeholder attitudes on Carbon Capture and Storage—An international comparison

User community preferences for climate change mitigation and adaptation measures around Hainich National Park, Germany

The influence of information on individuals' reactions to CCS technologies: results from experimental online survey research

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