‘I reject your reality and substitute my own!' Why more knowledge about CO2 storage hardly improves public attitudes
conference paper
Lack of societal acceptance of energy (transition) technologies is often attributed to a lack of knowledge among the public. The underlying assumption is that more knowledge improves attitudes about a technology. This assumption will be tested in this paper by examining the influence of the scores on a CCS Knowledge Test on attitudes towards CO2 capture and storage (CCS). Furthermore the paper will examine the influence of perceptions of CCS (ideas that cannot be deemed true or false) on attitude towards CCS and will analyse how knowledge and perceptions jointly influence attitude as well as in interaction. Implications of the results for communication about CCS are discussed.
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TNO Identifier
821889
Publisher
ECN
Collation
9 p.
Place of publication
Petten
Pages
9 p.
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