Fuelling expectations: A policy-promise lock-in of UK biofuel policy
Fuelling expectations: A policy-promise lock-in of UK biofuel policy
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10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.044
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2014-03-01
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9
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Levidow, Les
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作者：
Berti, Pietro;Levidow, Les
关于欧盟范围内生物燃料政策的争议在英国国内引起共鸣，加剧了英国公共当局之间的政策分歧。他们在如何保护未来第二代生物燃料的空间方面存在分歧，预计第二代生物燃料将克服第一代生物燃料的危害。英国政府为提高现有生物燃料的目标进行了辩护，认为这是对“工业界”的必要刺激，以帮助英国履行欧盟义务，并最终开发第二代生物燃料。相比之下，议会特别委员会反对生物燃料目标，理由是这些目标将锁定第一代生物燃料，从而推迟或抢先于第二代生物燃料。这些分歧可以用不同的机构责任和对“承诺-要求循环”的声誉利害关系来解释，在这种循环中，技术乐观的承诺会产生对有关行为者的未来要求。英国政府的立场说明了一个“政策承诺锁定”，一个困境，即承诺的支持是对技术创新者的信誉，从而technoscientific发展的要求，但可能会推迟重新定向的支持从现任更可取的新兴技术。因此，社会学的期望-以前适用于技术创新者的技术期望-可以扩展到分析公共当局。(C)2013由Elsevier Ltd.出版
Controversy over EU-wide biofuel policy resonated within the UK, fuelling policy disagreements among UK public authorities. They disagreed over how to protect a space for future second-generation biofuels, which were expected to overcome harm from first-generation biofuels. The UK government defended rising targets for available biofuels as a necessary stimulus for 'industry to help fulfil the UK's EU obligations and eventually develop second-generation biofuels. By contrast, Parliamentary Select Committees opposed biofuel targets on grounds that these would instead lock-in first-generation biofuels, thus delaying or pre-empting second-generation biofuels. Those disagreements can be explained by different institutional responsibilities and reputational stakes towards 'promise-requirement cycles', whereby techno-optimistic promises generate future requirements for the actors involved. The UK government's stance illustrates a 'policy-promise lock-in', a dilemma whereby promised support is a requirement for credibility towards technology innovators and thus technoscientific development but may delay the redirection of support from incumbent to preferable emerging technologies. Thus the sociology of expectations - previously applied to technological expectations from technology innovators - can be extended to analyse public authorities. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd.