Public perception of biofuel usage in Vietnam

Chaiyapa, Warathida; Nguyen, K N Nông; Ahmed, Abubakari; Vu, Thi Hong Quan; Bueno, Marlet; Wang, Zhe; Nguyen, Khang Tuan; Nguyen, Ngoc Thi; Duong, Thuy Thu; Dinh, Uyen Thi To; Sjögren, Alexander; Le, Phung Thi Kim; Nguyen, Thao; Nguyen, Hai Truong; Ikeda, Izumi; Miguel, Esteban

doi:10.1080/17597269.2018.1442667

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“…Similarly, Rains et al (2017) found that participants were willing to pay more for airfare if the increase was due to adopting SAF. Market acceptance studies are also performed after the implementation of policies, for instance, after a biofuels policy in Vietnam failed due to lack of market uptake, residents of two cities were surveyed about their awareness of biofuels, motivations to use biofuels, and willingness to purchase (Chaiyapa et al, 2021). Yet other studies have focused on market acceptance from the perspectives of direct stakeholders instead of from the public perspective.…”

Section: Public Acceptance Of Biofuelsmentioning

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Social Science Applications in Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and Advancements

et al. 2022

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Social science has an important role in aviation biofuels research, yet social science methods and approaches tend to be underdeveloped and under-utilized in the broader aviation biofuels literature and biofuels overall. Over the last 5 years, social science approaches in aviation biofuels research, particularly site-selection, have made several advances. Where early site-selection models either entirely excluded social science concepts or included only a few measurements using poor proxies, current models more accurately, and more comprehensively capture key social science concepts to better examine and predict project implementation success and long-term sustainability. Despite several studies published within the last 20 years noting the need for more empirical studies of social sustainability and improvement in incorporation of social criteria, progress has remained rather stagnant in several areas. To help move the field forward, we conduct a review of the current state of social science research in aviation biofuels with a focus on sustainability, site-selection, and public acceptance research, identifying key approaches, important developments, and research gaps and weaknesses of current approaches. While several review studies already exist, they tend to focus on a single area of biofuels such as public acceptance. By broadening our review to several areas, we are able to identify several common limitations across these areas that contribute to the continued underutilization of social science approaches in aviation biofuels. This includes the preference for practical and reliable indicators for social criteria that prioritize quantitative methods over other approaches. Based on these limitations, we make several recommendations to improve social science research in aviation biofuels, including ensuring that social scientists are key members of the research team, the adoption of a mixed-methods research designs that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches that better measure some criteria and local-level impacts, and adequate resources for social science research throughout biofuel development projects as these methods are often more time-consuming and costly to implement. We argue that implementing these recommendations in future aviation biofuel development projects will improve social science approaches utilized in aviation biofuels research and address a long-acknowledged gap in the field.

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Section: Public Acceptance Of Biofuelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Science Applications in Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and Advancements

et al. 2022

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Forecasting energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission of Vietnam by prognostic models based on explainable machine learning and time series

Le,

Sharma,

Osman

et al. 2024

Clean Techn Environ Policy

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What’s in my fuel tank? Insights into beliefs and preferences for e-fuels and biofuels

Linzenich,

Bongartz,

Arning

et al. 2023

Energ Sustain Soc

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Background Alternative fuels made from biomass or CO2 and water using renewable energy can reduce CO2 and pollutant emissions compared to fossil-based mobility and thus support a transition to a more sustainable transport. The adoption of alternative fuels in transport will ultimately depend on public acceptance and drivers’ willingness to use them. Little is known if and under which circumstances people would accept alternative fuels and which narratives and cognitive beliefs might underlie these usage intentions. Moreover, it is unclear if and how laypeople distinguish between different alternative fuel types in their perceptions, e.g., between fuels made from biomass (biofuels) and fuels produced using electricity (e-fuels). To address the research gap, this study empirically investigated laypeople’s beliefs and expectations towards alternative fuels and preferences for different fuel types. Understanding preferences for fuel types could help in steering public information, support managerial decisions and communication pathways, and promote the roll-out process of fuel innovations. Results Laypeople expected alternative fuels to be made using renewable feedstocks and to not contain gasoline or diesel. Whereas alternative fuels were believed to have advantages concerning environmental and toxic effects and safety compared to diesel and gasoline, they were associated with practical disadvantages for drivers. It was shown that although e-fuels and biofuels both fall under the definition of ”alternative fuels”, laypeople distinguish between them in evaluations of safety, costs, and resource competitiveness: E-fuels were preferred over biofuels and believed to have a lower competition for resources than biofuels. They were also evaluated to be more expensive and comparably less safe to use. Moreover, different adopter groups were identified for both fuels. Conclusions The study has highlighted both adoption drivers and barriers for alternative fuels: Reduced environmental impact could be an important positive factor. In contrast, drawbacks feared by laypeople regarding a low range and an expensive fuel price could be barriers for alternative fuel adoption because they reflect current technical challenges for these fuels. Thus, a more cost-efficient production and higher fuel efficiency should be considered in an acceptance-optimized alternative fuel production.

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Public perception of biofuel usage in Vietnam

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Social Science Applications in Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and Advancements

Social Science Applications in Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Research: Opportunities, Challenges, and Advancements

Forecasting energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission of Vietnam by prognostic models based on explainable machine learning and time series

What’s in my fuel tank? Insights into beliefs and preferences for e-fuels and biofuels

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