Figure 9 shows the variance for each slider, giving an indication of the homogeneity of opinion for each issue. growth’, ‘Manufacturing ‘biofuel production’, power’, coal and gas power’ and turbines ‘nuclear ‘clean ‘wind on land’ come out as the issues where preference is most varied (var 0.9). ≥ temperature’ and marine and hydro’ also vary strongly (var ‘Home ‘solar, ≥ 0.85). Figure 9: Variance of slider settings To understand respondents’ overall preferences when comparing across different energy issues, frequency-weighted means were calculated from all setting responses for each slider. This enabled a preference ranking for effort across all sliders as illustrated in Figure 10. This shows the greater preference for demand-side options, in particular for extensive energy efficiency improvements, and home and transport electrification. It is also of note that there are apparent differences in expressed preference with regard to where the burden of action lies. That changing fuel’ and ‘heating fuel’ were more popular than changing temperature’ and ‘transport ‘home we travel’ suggests a tendency for participants to support wider ‘how change across society, rather than actions that they might more closely relate to on a personal level. Figure 10 Preference ranking for effort: all sliders –
Figure 9 shows the variance for each slider, giving an indication of the homogeneity of opinion for each issue. ‘Manufacturing growth’, ‘biofuel production’, ‘nuclear power’, ‘clean coal and gas power’ and ‘wind turbines on land’ come out as the issues where preference is most varied (var ≥ 0.9). ‘Home temperature’ and ‘solar, marine and hydro’ also vary strongly (var ≥ 0.85). Figure 9: Variance of slider settings To understand respondents’ overall preferences when comparing across different energy issues, frequency-weighted means were calculated from all setting responses for each slider. This enabled a preference ranking for effort across all sliders as illustrated in Figure 10. This shows the greater preference for demand-side options, in particular for extensive energy efficiency improvements, and home and transport electrification. It is also of note that there are apparent differences in expressed preference with regard to where the burden of action lies. That changing ‘heating fuel’ and ‘transport fuel’ were more popular than changing ‘home temperature’ and ‘how we travel’ suggests a tendency for participants to support wider change across society, rather than actions that they might more closely relate to on a personal level. Figure 10 – Preference ranking for effort: all sliders
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