Ethical and regulatory dimensions of energy policy models
Authors: Adedoyin, F. and Olukade, F.
Pages: 19-40
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-33971-4.00002-7
Abstract:The use of energy models as a tool to influence energy policy-making has become the norm globally. There is also the argument for the need to deploy advanced technologies toward the quest to reduce energy consumption while ensuring that energy pricing, efficiency, and conservation are positively affected. The deployment of advanced technology is seen as a means to reduce CO2 emissions in the world. It is seen as a desirable venture. However, given that the deployment of advanced technology in energy modeling and policymaking comes with its benefits and dangers, it is important to subject it to an ethics test. This paper deploys feminist care ethics as a tool to engage the deployment of technology diffusion in energy policies. The paper argued that feminist care ethics in energy encompasses both energy justice and much more. It is argued that care ethics places a burden on policymakers to desist from seeing the environment as a means to an end but as an end in itself while also ensuring that energy policies are geared toward not creating a worse climate for future generations. There is also a concern to show care to others such that energy policymakers do not only consider the interest of their people alone but also the interest of all humanity.
Source: Scopus