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Knowledge, Culture, and Public Support for Renewable-Energy Policy (2009)

Pierce, John C. (Author)
Steel, Brent S. (Author)
Warner, Rebecca L. (Author)

Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Volume: 7
Issue: 3
Pages: 270-286

DOI: 10.1353/ctt.0.0047

URI: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386115

Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Special Issue: Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer
Language: English

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Energy resources and technologies Public opinion Renewable Energy Sources Technology transfer Public policy Surveys 21st century United States

The September 2003 West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative launched a commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions through a number of strategies, including a public outreach campaign. This strategy recognized that citizens are an important component to abating greenhouse-gas emissions, as well as important participants in the policy process. It thus becomes important to understand the public's environmental values and policy-relevant knowledge concerning energy, and the implications of these values and information for the adoption of renewable-energy policies. Using a survey of more than 1,500 citizens in Oregon, this article investigates the levels of energy-policy-relevant knowledge, information sources associated with higher levels of policy-relevant knowledge, and relationships among culture, knowledge, and support for renewable-energy policies. The findings show that: 1) citizens who are more knowledgeable about energy are also more supportive of adopting renewable-energy policies; 2) somewhat malleable situational factors are important predictors of knowledge; and 3) sources of information differ in their direct connection to knowledge. This article concludes that even while also considering trans-situational and cultural variables, public knowledge is a critical component of support for renewable-energy policy.

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Article White, Stacey Swearingen; Brown, J. Christopher; Gibson, Jane W.; Hanley, Eric; Earnhart, Dietrich H. (2009) Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers' Decisions to Grow Second-Generation, Biofuel Feedstock Crops. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 287-302). unapi

Article Pierce, John C.; Steel, Brett S. (2009) Introduction to the Symposium: Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 247-250). unapi

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Article Simon, Christopher A. (2009) Cultural Constraints on Wind and Solar Energy in the U.S. Context. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 251-269). unapi

Article Klein, Gary; Klingner, Donald E.; Seely, Bruce Edsall (2009) Symposium on Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society. unapi

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