Journal article
Beyond Petroleum? The Diffusion of Alternative Fuels in the United States, 1994-2015
Sociological quarterly, Vol.65(4), pp.427-447
Autumn 2024
DOI: 10.1080/00380253.2024.2344533
Abstract
What determines whether technological innovations are adopted or abandoned? We leverage comparative data from three competing alternative fuel technologies to explore the conditions under which social movement organizations and industries support or challenge the adoption of emerging technologies. Empirically, we examine the diffusion of three technologies - electric, ethanol, and compressed natural gas - in the United States between 1994 and 2015. The comparison of results from quantitative analyzes of each case shows that environmental organizations can have different effects on the adoption of technologies that challenge fossil fuel dominance and that the effects change over time. The results also indicate that an incumbent industry that has an opportunity for diversification can positively influence the adoption of the technology, and that partial abandonment results when a technology is not supported by either environmental organizations or an incumbent industry.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Beyond Petroleum? The Diffusion of Alternative Fuels in the United States, 1994-2015
- Creators
- Ion Bogdan Vasi - University of IowaMichael Sauder - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sociological quarterly, Vol.65(4), pp.427-447
- DOI
- 10.1080/00380253.2024.2344533
- ISSN
- 0038-0253
- eISSN
- 1533-8525
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 21
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/16/2024
- Date published season
- Autumn 2024
- Date published
- 2024
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Management and Entrepreneurship ; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984630597002771
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