Sustainability following adversity: Power outage experiences are related to greater energy saving intentions in the United Kingdom and Mexico

Spence, Alexa; Leygue, Caroline; Andeane, Patricia Ortega

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102143

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“…As the world's largest developing country, China has experienced unprecedented flourishing economic growth during the past decades, accompanied by ever-growing demands for energy resources (Huang et al, 2021). Under the dual constraints of both guaranteeing energy security and meeting ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets, the way that we manage and consume energy will require major changes (Spence et al, 2021). Specifically, with the improvement of people's living standards and the rapid development of the economy, the household sector has become the second largest energy consumption sector, second only to the industrial sector (Ding et al, 2017).…”

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Estimating the energy saving potential of residential consumption in China based on decent living standards

Yang

Chai

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The basic well-being of residents should be fully considered when making residential energy-saving policies. In this study, decent living standards for China were proposed. The provincial energy saving potential of Chinese residents were estimated from a lifetime perspective using environmental extended input–output analysis. The results show that, in 2017, the energy saving potential of Chinese residents constituted 32.74% of total energy consumption. The consumption categories of transportation, housing and cooking had the greatest energy saving potential of 1668.40, 3540.83 and 3229.75 trillion kJ, respectively, in which direct energy consumption accounted for 85% of total energy consumption. For food, clothing, water, health care and education, there was only energy saving potential from indirect consumption, of which food has the largest indirect energy consumption of 3159.25 trillion kJ. Moreover, the energy saving potential varied at the provincial level, coming from different consumption categories. Special attentions should be paid to the transportation in Beijing, housing in Liaoning, and cooking in Gansu, which have relatively greater energy saving potential with per capita energy saving potential of 207.38, 1002.16, and 4256.6 thousand kJ, respectively. The results verify the importance of differentiated and targeted energy policies for residential consumption in different provinces.

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Estimating the energy saving potential of residential consumption in China based on decent living standards

Yang

Chai

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Development of an integrated model on the basis of GCMs-RF-FA for predicting wind energy resources under climate change impact: A case study of Jing-Jin-Ji region in China

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Li,

Huang

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The effect of public safety power shut-offs on climate change attitudes and behavioural intentions

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Unmitigated climate change threatens to disrupt energy systems, for example through weather-and wildfire-induced electricity shortages. Public responses to these energy crises have the potential to shape decarbonization trajectories. Here, we estimate the attitudinal and behavioral effects of Californian power shut-offs in 2019, intended to reduce wildfire ignition risks. We use a geographically targeted survey to compare residents living within outage zones to matched residents in similar neighborhoods who retained their electricity. Outage experience increased respondent intentions to purchase gas or diesel generators and home battery systems, but reduced intentions to purchase electric vehicles. Respondents blamed outages on their utility, not local, state, or federal governments. However, outages did not change climate policy preferences, including willingness-to-pay for either wildfire or climate-mitigating reforms. Our findings show that, in reaction to some climate-linked disruptions, individuals may undertake adaptive responses that, collectively, could exacerbate future climate risks.

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Sustainability following adversity: Power outage experiences are related to greater energy saving intentions in the United Kingdom and Mexico

Cited by 6 publications

References 53 publications

Estimating the energy saving potential of residential consumption in China based on decent living standards

Estimating the energy saving potential of residential consumption in China based on decent living standards

Development of an integrated model on the basis of GCMs-RF-FA for predicting wind energy resources under climate change impact: A case study of Jing-Jin-Ji region in China

The effect of public safety power shut-offs on climate change attitudes and behavioural intentions

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