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      Perceptions of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in different policy scenarios

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          There is growing interest in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) as a possible technology for removing CO 2 from the atmosphere. In the first study of its kind, we investigate whether and how different forms of incentivisation impact on public perceptions of this technology. We develop a new experimental method to triangulate perceptions of BECCS in different policy scenarios through quantitative measurement and qualitative elicitation. Here we show that the type of policy instrument used to incentivise BECCS significantly affects perceptions of the technology itself. While we find approval of coercive and persuasion-based policy scenarios for incentivisation, supportive instruments proved polarising. Payments based on the amount of CO 2 removed from the atmosphere were approved, but guarantees of higher prices for producers selling energy derived from BECCS were strongly opposed. We conclude that public support for BECCS is inextricably linked to attitudes towards the policies through which it is incentivised.

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          It is not clear how the public views the acceptability of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Here the authors explored public perceptions of BECCS by situating the technology in three policy scenarios and found that the policy instrument used to incentivise BECCS significantly affects the degree of public support for the technology.

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                rob.bellamy@manchester.ac.uk
                Journal
                Nat Commun
                Nat Commun
                Nature Communications
                Nature Publishing Group UK (London )
                2041-1723
                14 February 2019
                14 February 2019
                2019
                : 10
                : 743
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000000121662407, GRID grid.5379.8, Department of Geography, , University of Manchester, ; Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL UK
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 8948, GRID grid.4991.5, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, , University of Oxford, ; 64 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PN UK
                [3 ]ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7603, GRID grid.5337.2, School of Geographical Sciences, , University of Bristol, ; University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS UK
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                8592
                10.1038/s41467-019-08592-5
                6375928
                30765708
                336a9e4d-d131-4f5b-8f9c-0642d12958f6
                © The Author(s) 2019

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