Beliefs about costs and benefits Sample Clauses

Beliefs about costs and benefits. Figure 13 displays the beliefs about the potential benefits and costs of a home hydrogen fuel cell unit. In general, respondents perceive home fuel cell micro-CHP to be slightly beneficial, that is, perceived benefits outweigh perceived costs. Generally, respondents belief that home FCs will have a positive effect on the environment (M= 3.9 in a scale from 1 to 5, being 1 the negative pole and 5 the positive pole), will be moderately user friendly (3.6), convenient (in terms of noise, vibration, specific location) (3.5), and safe (3.4). Respondents have less positive beliefs about the costs of the installation (2.9), the cost to run the installation (3.2) and mainte- xxxxx (3.3). The most important perceived benefit is, so, that home FCHs might have a positive effect on the environment, while main perceived cost is the cost of purchasing and installing the system.
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Beliefs about costs and benefits. Beliefs about costs and benefits were evaluated by a semantic differential scale where 1 was the positive pole and 5 represented the negative pole. In general, respondents perceive hydrogen vehicles as slightly beneficial, that is, perceived bene- fits outweigh perceived costs. Generally, respondents believe that FCEVs are environmentally friendly (mean of 2.1 in a scale from 1 to 5, being in this case 1 the positive pole and 5 the nega- tive pole), safe to drive (2.2), reliable (2.3), easy to refuel (2.4), will make citizens’ life easier (2.4), and will have sufficient range (2.5). Respondents have less positive beliefs about the initial costs (2.7). The main perceived benefit is, so, that hydrogen vehicles are environmentally friendly, while the lowest rated benefit is the cost of purchasing one of these.
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