Values, Places and Bodies: Opportunities for Forging a Deeper Understanding of Public Perceptions of Ccs?

Leslie J. Mabon
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Leslie J. Mabon: School of GeoSciences, Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JW

Energy & Environment, 2012, vol. 23, issue 2-3, 329-343

Abstract: This paper explores how theories and epistemological understandings from the disciplines of human geography and environmental ethics may be usefully deployed to further understanding of public perceptions of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). In particular, the themes of values, place and embodied experience are explored in turn. The aim of doing this is to consider how reflection on some of the ‘deeper’ issues underpinning CCS projects has the potential to shed new light on how people come to hold particular viewpoints. This paper argues that alongside the endeavour of producing very practical advice and guidelines on public engagement in CCS, there is room to reflect critically on the contexts in which people form their perceptions of CCS and perform these perceptions. Doing this has the potential to offer new insights into what exactly it is publics may find troubling – or, indeed, appealing - about CCS.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.23.2-3.329

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