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dc.title | The cultural barriers to renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States | |
dc.contributor.author | Sovacool, B.K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-04T07:01:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-04T07:01:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sovacool, B.K. (2009). The cultural barriers to renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States. Technology in Society 31 (4) : 365-373. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.10.009 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0160791X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/20560 | |
dc.description.abstract | In an effort to make the social dimensions of energy conversion and use more visible, this article investigates the cultural barriers to energy efficiency technologies and devices and renewable power generators in the United States. To discover the cultural impediments to these technologies, the author conducted 181 formal, semi-structured interviews at more than 82 institutions (including electric utilities, regulatory agencies, interest groups, energy systems manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, consulting firms, universities, national laboratories, and state institutions) from 2005 to 2008. These interviews were supplemented with an extensive literature review. The study finds that the apparent disconnect between how electricity is made and how it is socially perceived perpetuates public apathy and misinformation about it; also that deeply held values related to consumption, abundance, trust, control, and freedom shape American attitudes toward energy. As a result, wind farms and solar panels (along with other renewable power systems) are often opposed not because they are a poor alternative to fossil fuels, but because people simply do not comprehend why such technologies may be needed. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.10.009 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Cultural barriers | |
dc.subject | Energy efficiency | |
dc.subject | Energy policy | |
dc.subject | Renewable energy | |
dc.subject | United States | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.10.009 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Technology in Society | |
dc.description.volume | 31 | |
dc.description.issue | 4 | |
dc.description.page | 365-373 | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000215251800005 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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