Renewable energy policy: Enumerating costs reduces support

Darrick Evensen ()
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Darrick Evensen: School of Psychology, Cardiff University

Nature Energy, 2017, vol. 2, issue 8, 1-2

Abstract: Renewable energy policies enjoy greater support compared to policies focused explicitly on climate change, and thus present a politically plausible path toward carbon emission reduction. However, new research shows that renewable energy policy support declines when people are informed about the policy costs for home energy bills.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.106

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