The American Public's Energy Choice

The American Public's Energy Choice

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The American Public's Energy Choice

dc.contributor.author	Konisky, David
dc.contributor.author	Ansolabehere, Stephen Daniel
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-15T13:36:58Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.citation	Konisky, David and Stephen D. Ansolabehere. 2012. The American public's energy choice. Daedalus 141(2): 61–71.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0011-5266	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1548-6192	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9738559
dc.description.abstract	Public opinion about energy can be understood in a uni½ed framework. First, people evaluate key attributes of energy sources, particularly a fuel’s cost and environmental harms. Americans, for example, view coal as relatively inexpensive but harmful, natural gas as less harmful but more expensive, and wind as inexpensive and not harmful. Second, people place different weights on the economic and environmental attributes associated with energy production, which helps explain why some fuels are more popular than others. Americans’ attitudes toward energy are driven more by beliefs about environmental harms than by perceived economic costs. In addition, attitudes about energy sources are largely unrelated to views about global warming. These findings suggest that a politically palatable way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is through regulation of traditional pollutants associated with fossil fuels, rather than a wholly new carbon policy.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Government	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1162/DAED_a_00146	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	The American Public's Energy Choice	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Version of Record	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Daedalus	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Ansolabehere, Stephen Daniel
dc.date.available	2012-10-15T13:36:58Z