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Technology and society: what are the keys to thinking and feeling? When we think about sustainable energy...what do we think? Do we think it is possible...or impossible? Can it be done now, or is it for the future? How can we bring it about? Is it a dream, or is it really feasible? Is there anything I can do? What can I do? It’s up to industry, it’s up to politicians, it’s up to environmentalists... The list continues with many other examples of thoughts and feelings which might emerge when we turn our minds to the topic of sustainable energy. These thoughts and feelings will be crucial in moulding our relationship with environmentally friendly ways to produce energy. New inventions and possible solutions and choices will have to come to terms with what is in the minds and hearts of people. Producing a scientific understanding of people’s thoughts and feelings can thus support the implementation of new technological solutions and ultimately our ability to develop a more sustainable energy system. From this perspective, psychosocial change processes need just as much attention and care as technological development processes, otherwise the gap between technology and society could hamper the exploitation of available technologies and solutions. This is quite an innovative approach, since the relevance of people’s thoughts and feelings usually comes to the fore only when troubles arise, such as so-called “public acceptance” issues. The idea that, if we really want a sustainable energy system, we need to work on our thoughts and feelings and thus stimulate the sharing of new visions and perspectives, is not common. There are a number of activities which are conducted on a social level to facilitate the adoption of new technologies or to improve the way society reaches consensus over critical environmental decisions (Flynn & Bellaby, 2007). But it is mostly an effort to formulate appropriate policies that can be implemented without too much resistance, or an effort to engage in effective public communication. Also, the so-called participative processes often pertain more to the realm of negotiation than to the acquisition of new common perspectives. Work on thoughts and feelings, which find expression both at individual and collective levels, can instead contribute to the co-creation of meaning, which in turn facilitates decision making both at the individual and social level. This approach to social processes is still to be discovered but we already know that it can affect ongoing change in society: first of all empowering people to direct that change; secondly, allowing the development of new shared representations (Carli, 1972; Carli & Paniccia, 1981; Carli & Paniccia, 2002).

Supporting Psychosocial Processes towards a Sustainable Energy System: the Case of CO2 Geological Storage