Public perceptions on the acceptance of geological storage of carbon dioxide and information influencing the acceptance |
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| Affiliation: | 1. ECN Policy Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK;1. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany;2. Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany;3. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany;1. School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom;2. Environment and Behaviour Research Group, Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TP, United Kingdom;3. UK Centre for Carbon Dioxide Utilisation (CDUUK), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom;1. Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;2. School of Business, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, China;3. Center for Climate and Environmental Policy, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China;4. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China;5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China |
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| Abstract: | Public acceptance will be important for the implementation of the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the general public perceives this storage and the factors crucial for its acceptance. Further, this study attempts to analyze and evaluate what kind of information would influence the public acceptance and how. In order to evaluate them, questionnaire surveys concerning the acceptance of CO2 geological storage were conducted among Japanese university students. The questionnaire was designed under the assumption that there were five important factors with regard to the acceptance: risk perception, benefit perception, trust, and two perceptions relating to human interference with the environment (one each for CO2 geological storage and global warming). The questionnaire also investigated the effects of two kinds of information supplied: on natural analogues and on field demonstrations of CO2 storage. The responses were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis, and the dynamic changes in the perceptions resulting from the supplied information were analyzed. The analysis results include the following: the five factors explained the acceptance very well (>83%), the benefit perception was primarily important for determining public acceptance, and information on the natural analogues decreased the risk perception greatly. |
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