Does Size Matter? Investigating Laypeoples’ Preferences for Roll-out Scenarios of Alternative Fuel Production Plants

Arning, Katrin; Zaunbrecher, Barbara S.; Borning, Mark; Bracht, Niklas van; Ziefle, Martina; Moser, Albert

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“…Since CO 2 -based fuels might not only be used in road traffic, but also in the aviation sector, the present study contrasted the perceptions and acceptance for both usage contexts. Even though previous studies showed that the application of alternative fuels in a personal mobility was preferred (Arning et al, 2020), the present study showed that the use of alternative fuels was equally accepted in both mobility contexts. Considering the increasing attention that flying with its large contribution to the human carbon footprint has received in the public debate, e.g., the term "flight shame" made it onto the Oxford's 2019 Word of the Year shortlist (Oxford Languages, 2020), the development of CO 2 -based fuels for aviation is a promising starting point.…”

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Risk Assessment Regarding Perceived Toxicity and Acceptance of Carbon Dioxide-Based Fuel by Laypeople for Its Use in Road Traffic and Aviation

Engelmann¹,

Arning²,

Linzenich³

et al. 2020

Front. Energy Res.

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One approach to mitigate the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) is the development of CO2-based products, such as fuels for road traffic and aviation. Since the acceptance of sustainable product innovations such as CO2-based fuels depends on an individual’s acceptance decision based on perceived risks and benefits, this study focuses on subjective risk perceptions of fuel toxicity. An online survey was conducted to assess risk evaluations of CO2-based fuels regarding various risk targets, exposure characteristics, negative outcomes for health and environment, and frequency of health impairments. CO2-based fuels were significantly more positively perceived than conventional fuels and were found to be perceived to pose less risks regarding types of exposure and properties leading to toxic effects. For both aviation and road traffic the acceptance of CO2-based fuels increased with decreasing fear of health and environmental consequences and the less frequently health effects were assessed. The findings allow to derive implications for risk assessment and communication strategies in the development and roll-out of CO2-based fuels.

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Risk Assessment Regarding Perceived Toxicity and Acceptance of Carbon Dioxide-Based Fuel by Laypeople for Its Use in Road Traffic and Aviation

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Arning²,

Linzenich³

et al. 2020

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“…In contrast, plant size and type of raw material were less important. The low impact of size, especially compared to transport, is in line with findings from past research on fuel production (Arning et al, 2019;Offermann-van Heek et al, 2020) and wind power (Langer et al, 2017).…”

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“…We are able to represent the set of potential facility sizes by the use of these four capacity levels. The resulting levels are similar to levels used by Arning et al (Arning et al, 2019) and Offermann-van Heek et al (Offermann-van Heek et al, 2020) and ranged between a small plant (producing 0.4% of the total demand in Germany) and a large plant (producing 18.6% of the total demand in Germany). However, in contrast to these studies, we did not link plant size to the (de)centralized distribution of the plants.…”

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“…The novelty of the work lies in the analysis of social acceptance requirements for technically relevant parts of the production network for alternative fuel types. Although crucial for energy infrastructure siting decisions, the question of how to design socially accepted production networks for novel fuel types has been scarcely addressed in the relevant literature [e.g., (Arning et al, 2019;Offermann-van Heek et al, 2020)]. The scope of the current analysis is demonstrated taking Germany as an example, but the findings can be applied to global fuel production networks when adjusting for local topography and infrastructure, country-specific energy and transport systems, environmental policies, and cultural value orientations.…”

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“…The attribute plant size was chosen because it is an important parameter from the planning perspective, and larger plants might increase the perceived visual impact of the plant. In previous studies on large-scale infrastructure acceptance, e.g., in the fuel production and wind farm context, the size of plants or height of turbines was frequently considered, although the relevance of size for acceptance and preferences was found to be limited (Langer et al, 2017;Arning et al, 2019;Offermannvan Heek et al, 2020).…”

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