Eco Energy Attitudes of the Finns 1998

The survey charted Finnish attitudes towards questions of energy policy, especially those concerning eco energy. First, respondents were asked whether they had paid attention to discussions about and advertisements for environmentally-friendly electricity and whether they found the subject interesting in general. Their opinions on the environmental friendliness and economic efficiency of electricity produced from, for example, coal, peat, natural gas and nuclear, water and wind power were studied. Electric power generation and its effects on the environment were observed from different angles. Respondents' views on the reliability of various information sources, for example, Finnish Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Trade and Industry, energy companies, power plants and television were examined. Respondents were also asked how concerned they were about different environmental problems, e.g. air pollution, ozone depletion, nuclear waste and traffic emissions. Opinions on the environmental performance labelling of electricity were queried on. Respondents were asked about the necessity of a uniform labelling system and about the targets, criteria, accrediting organisations and certificate types of eco-labels. Their views on the competitive tendering of electricity suppliers and buying eco-labelled electricity were investigated. Finally, respondents were presented with a set of attitudinal statements pertaining to environmentally labelled electricity and electricity production. Background variables included respondent's gender, age group, mother tongue, accommodation type, heating arrangements, population size of municipality of residence, province, vocational education and occupational status.

本调查描绘了芬兰民众对能源政策，尤其是生态能源相关问题的态度。首先，受访者被问及是否关注过关于环保电力的讨论及广告，以及他们是否普遍认为该主题引人入胜。研究了对以煤炭、泥炭、天然气、核能、水能和风能等产生的电力的环保性和经济效率的看法。从多个角度观察了电力发电及其对环境的影响。对受访者对不同信息来源的可靠性观点进行了考察，例如芬兰环境部、贸易和工业部、能源公司、发电厂和电视等。受访者还被问及他们对不同环境问题的关注程度，例如空气污染、臭氧层耗损、核废料和交通排放等。对电力环保标识的意见也进行了调查。受访者还被询问关于统一标识系统必要性的看法，以及生态标识的目标、标准、认证机构和证书类型。还对电力供应商的竞争性招标和购买带有生态标识的电力进行了调查。最后，受访者被展示了一系列与环保标识电力和电力生产相关的态度陈述。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄组、母语、居住类型、供暖安排、居住市镇的居民人口规模、省份、职业教育和职业状态。