Department of Geography, University of Manchester, Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford, 64 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PN, UK.
Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 14;10(1):743. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08592-5.
There is growing interest in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) as a possible technology for removing CO from the atmosphere. In the first study of its kind, we investigate whether and how different forms of incentivisation impact on public perceptions of this technology. We develop a new experimental method to triangulate perceptions of BECCS in different policy scenarios through quantitative measurement and qualitative elicitation. Here we show that the type of policy instrument used to incentivise BECCS significantly affects perceptions of the technology itself. While we find approval of coercive and persuasion-based policy scenarios for incentivisation, supportive instruments proved polarising. Payments based on the amount of CO removed from the atmosphere were approved, but guarantees of higher prices for producers selling energy derived from BECCS were strongly opposed. We conclude that public support for BECCS is inextricably linked to attitudes towards the policies through which it is incentivised.
人们对碳捕获和封存生物能源（BECCS）越来越感兴趣，认为它可能是一种从大气中去除 CO 的技术。在同类的第一项研究中，我们调查了不同形式的激励措施是否以及如何影响公众对这项技术的看法。我们开发了一种新的实验方法，通过定量测量和定性启发来三角测量不同政策情景下对 BECCS 的看法。在这里，我们表明，用于激励 BECCS 的政策工具的类型会显著影响对技术本身的看法。虽然我们发现激励性的强制和基于说服的政策情景得到了认可，但支持性的工具被证明是两极分化的。基于从大气中去除的 CO 量的支付方式得到了认可，但对生产者出售源自 BECCS 的能源的更高价格的保证则遭到强烈反对。我们的结论是，公众对 BECCS 的支持与通过激励措施的政策态度密切相关。
