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Public involvement in energy policy serves several purposes. Some important ones are: to ensure that public values are reflected in decisions; to obtain information on impacts that might otherwise be overlooked; to inform the public; and to provide “due process” in a way that the public perceives is fair. All of these purposes can, but do not necessarily, help to build public support for the decision process and outcome.
Agreement is made more precious by disagreementPUBLILIUS SYRUS, Moral Sayings, 15:1 (1st C B.C)
The most savage controversies are those about which there is no good evidence either wayBERTRAND RUSSEL, Unpopular Essays (1950)
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Hobbs, B.F., Meier, P. (2000). Multi-Method MCDM at BC Gas. In: Hobbs, B.F., Meier, P. (eds) Energy Decisions and the Environment. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 28. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4477-7_9
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