Public-Perception Barriers

Public perception barriers (i.e., does the public believe energy is a problem ). 

Identify the key technology, cost, and public perception barriers to hydrogen use... 

We can all see the apparently unlimited opportunities for biotechnology. With the appropriate teamwork, the technical hurdles can and will be overcome. What are the barriers The barriers that we see are 1) who bears the cost for development of commodity products 2) public perception of benefit vs. risk and... 

Safety Issues in the Use of Hydrogen A convenient summary of the current status of the hydrogen economy is that the three biggest barriers to progress are the three Ss Storage, Supply and Safety. The majority of this chapter has been devoted to the first two of these issues, but safety and the adverse public perception of hydrogen as a fuel remain significant barriers. Despite the widespread use... 

The EPA commissioned study on how the public received the message that EDB was unsafe (15) used content analysis of 50 newspapers, news programs, national press stories and weekly magazines to arrive at a conclusion that indicts "macro-risk and micro-risk" perceptions on the part of EPA s specialists vs. the public s vision. According to this study, neither the EPA nor the public were in error about risk perceptions. The difference between perspectives (macro vs. micro) caused a barrier. Nonetheless the report characterizes the public during this six month period in 1983-84 as "confused and antagonistic (16)."... 

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