An empirical study about the variables that influence the social acceptability on the biogas

Dias, Telma; Rodrigues, Matilde; Pereira, Ilídio; Leão, Celina P.

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Due to the excessive use of conventional energy sources, renewable energy technologies have becoming a potential alternative to provide a sustainable development of society. Biogas has been considered as one of the most environmental beneficial source of energy that contributes for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming (Jiang et al., 2011). Furthermore, the production of biogas can be highly important in rural areas, where there are many treatment stations of organic wastes, being a good way to solve problems related to release gases into the atmosphere, as well as related to the bad smells. However, the society opposition, disinterest and lack of knowledge about the advantages of biogas production and its use, can be a barrier to the availability of the implementation of these renewable technologies. In this context, more studies are necessary to clarify the public acceptability of these technologies (Zyadin et al ., 2012), in order to get further information to help into design an intervention strategy.

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Biogas Global warming

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Dias, T., Rodrigues, M. A., Pereira, I., & Leão, C. P. (2014). An empirical study about the variables that influence the social acceptability on the biogas. ICEH14 /3rd International Congress of Environmental Health: Proceedings Book, 1, 381–383.