CCUS 기술에 대한 대중의 감정-인지적 평가와 수용성 연구

Abstract

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage has the potential to reduce carbon emissions as a sustainable technology. Despite this advantage, public resistance to new technology shows that successful establishment requires social acceptance. A previous study demonstrated that the public's attitude impacts the acceptance of energy technologies. This study conducted an online survey in Korea (n = 436) aiming to understand the Korean public's attitude and find key factors affecting carbon capture, utilization, and storage technology acceptance. The results revealed that the Korean public has a high awareness of climate change and the environment, and tends to take on risks and challenges. These characteristics will act as the foundation for high CCUS technology acceptance. This study compared the public's affective-cognitive evaluation results of CCS and CCU technology and found that the public evaluated CCS and CCU similarly, but was more positive toward CCU. However, the public's lack of technology knowledge may be a problem in determining factors related to acceptance. This study proved that affective-cognitive evaluation could be an effective method for promoting and increasing society's acceptance of new climate technology. This study suggests that it is important to establish strategies to help the public understand technology when introducing new CCUS technology in Korea in the future.