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| DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111548 |
| Who co-opted our energy efficiency gains? A sociology of macro-level rebound effects and US car makers | |
| Galvin R. | |
| 发表日期 | 2020 |
| ISSN | 03014215 |
| 卷号 | 142 |
| 英文摘要 | Rebound effects occur when energy efficiency upgrades lead to less energy saving than anticipated, compromising CO2 emission reduction. Studies of micro-level rebounds frequently emphasise human agents' personal responsibility in causing or facilitating these rebounds. Studies of macro-level rebounds tend to focus instead on autonomous, depersonalised mechanisms through which energy efficiency increases lead to increased consumption of energy services, often via social structural changes. This leaves out the role of powerful human actors facilitating these structural changes and often reaping rich rewards for doing so. Here I depart from existing rebound effect approaches, drawing on Giddens’ structuration theory to offer a sociological account of how macro-level rebound effects occur. I argue that well-resourced actors co-opt energy efficiency increases to provide new or enhanced CO2-producing goods and services while fostering public desire for these and lobbying vigorously against tighter CO2 emissions standards. Hence these rebounds result from the actions of powerful actors manipulating social structure for personal or corporate reward. I illustrate this with the empirical example of macro-level rebound effects in the US car industry, also employing a radical departure from traditional rebound effect approaches. I argue that policymakers need to take the actions of these powerful individuals more seriously. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
| 关键词 | Powerful actorsRebound effectSocial structuration theoryUS car Industry |
| 英文关键词 | Automotive industry; Carbon dioxide; Emission control; Sociology; CO2 emission reduction; CO2 emissions; Consumption of energy; Efficiency increase; Personal responsibility; Rebound effect; Social structure; Structuration Theory; Energy efficiency; carbon dioxide; carbon emission; energy efficiency; energy policy; policy approach; policy making; structural change; United States |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Energy Policy
 |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204663 |
| 作者单位 | Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior, School of Business and Economics / E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University, Mathieustr 10, Aachen, 52074, Germany |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Galvin R.. Who co-opted our energy efficiency gains? A sociology of macro-level rebound effects and US car makers[J],2020,142. |
| APA | Galvin R..(2020).Who co-opted our energy efficiency gains? A sociology of macro-level rebound effects and US car makers.Energy Policy,142. |
| MLA | Galvin R.."Who co-opted our energy efficiency gains? A sociology of macro-level rebound effects and US car makers".Energy Policy 142(2020). |
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