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This chapter focuses on the intersection of AET tradeoff preferences (i.e., local environmental versus global warming considerations), political orientations, climate change beliefs, and political efficacy. The chapter will begin with a discussion of the role of political orientations in shaping views about climate change and climate change science—in particular, the claims of some that opposition to AET as a replacement for reduced carbon-based fuel use is a political position and not one associated with environmental attitudes themselves. This chapter’s findings suggest that indeed political orientations—more specifically liberal/conservative political ideology--are an important predictor of AET tradeoffs, but fail to erase the impact of the New Ecological Paradigm.
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Pierce, J.C., Steel, B.S. (2017). The Devil You Know. In: Prospects for Alternative Energy Development in the U.S. West . Environmental Challenges and Solutions, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53414-5_9
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