Uncertainties and risks in transitions to sustainable energy, and the part 'trust' might play in managing them: A comparison with the current pension crisis

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2624-2630

  Bellaby, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy crisis; Pensions crisis; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER DEMANDS; CULTURAL CHANGES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY CRISIS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OLD AGE; SOCIAL DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ENERGY POLICY;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951254043     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.036     Document Type: Article

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