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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102327
	Comparing public attitudes towards energy technologies in Australia and the UK: The role of political ideology
	Clulow Z.; Ferguson M.; Ashworth P.; Reiner D.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	9593780
卷号	70
英文摘要	We explore the relationship between political ideology and public attitudes towards a range of energy technologies (namely: biomass, coal, shale (or coal seam) gas, natural gas, carbon capture and storage, hydroelectricity, nuclear, solar thermal and photovoltaic, wave and wind energy). Our empirical analysis draws on the results of two similar nationally representative public surveys that were conducted in Australia and the UK in 2017. Our findings suggest that political ideology is significantly associated with public attitudes towards energy technologies. Specifically, supporters of left-leaning political parties tend to be more supportive of renewables and opposed to biomass, shale (coal seam) gas, nuclear and fossil fuel energies compared to right-leaning individuals. We also create an alternative ideological proxy to capture the relative emphasis that parties place on the environment and economy and find that supporters of environmentally focused parties generally express similar energy preferences to left-leaning individuals and economy-focused respondents align with right-leaning attitudes. Our findings are robust to different choices of proxy. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
语种	英语
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205488
作者单位	Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Clulow Z.,Ferguson M.,Ashworth P.,et al. Comparing public attitudes towards energy technologies in Australia and the UK: The role of political ideology[J],2021,70.
APA	Clulow Z.,Ferguson M.,Ashworth P.,&Reiner D..(2021).Comparing public attitudes towards energy technologies in Australia and the UK: The role of political ideology.Global Environmental Change,70.
MLA	Clulow Z.,et al."Comparing public attitudes towards energy technologies in Australia and the UK: The role of political ideology".Global Environmental Change 70(2021).