A survey on the public perception of CCS in France

An awareness and opinion survey on carbon capture and storage (CCS) was conducted on a representative sample of French residents aged 15 years and above. About 6% of respondents were able to provide a satisfactory definition of the technology. The key question about ‘approval of or opposition to’ th...

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Published in:International journal of greenhouse gas control 2009-09, Vol.3 (5), p.633-640
Main Authors: Ha-Duong, Minh, Nadaï, Alain, Campos, Ana Sofía
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptability
Carbon capture and storage
Economics and Finance
Greenhouse gases
Humanities and Social Sciences
Public perception
Risk
Semantic
Sequestration
Sociology
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Summary:An awareness and opinion survey on carbon capture and storage (CCS) was conducted on a representative sample of French residents aged 15 years and above. About 6% of respondents were able to provide a satisfactory definition of the technology. The key question about ‘approval of or opposition to’ the use of CCS in France was asked twice, first after presenting the technology, then after explaining its potential adverse consequences. The approval rates, which were 59% and 38%, respectively, show that there is no a priori rejection of the technology. The sample was split in two to test for a semantic effect: half of the questionnaires used “Stockage” (English: storage), the other half “Sequestration”. Manipulating the vocabulary had no statistically significant effect on approval rates. Stockage is more meaningful, but does not convey the idea of permanent monitoring.
ISSN:1750-5836
1878-0148
DOI:10.1016/j.ijggc.2009.05.003