This paper puts the spotlight on the discursive practices by which politicians, interest group representatives, and other influential public figures in effect promote climate inaction by conveying confidence in technological innovation. Data consist of policy debates on prominent public service television in Denmark. The study uses Discursive Psychology to examine how references to technological innovation are: (i) sequentially invoked as the solution to problematization of policies that allow high levels of emissions; (ii) grammatically designed to highlight the force of technological innovation; and (iii) rhetorically produced to support a subjective contrast between a pessimist and an optimist outlook. Overall, the study finds that invocation of technological optimism constitutes a ‘ready answer’ to communicative challenges that emerge during the debates, which effectively justifies inaction.

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“这里有可以创造奇迹的新技术”

本文重点关注政客、利益集团代表和其他有影响力的公众人物通过表达对技术创新的信心，实际上促进气候不作为的话语实践。数据包括丹麦著名公共服务电视台的政策辩论。该研究利用话语心理学来研究技术创新的参考文献是如何：（i）依次被引用作为解决允许高水平排放的政策问题的解决方案；(ii) 语法设计旨在突出技术创新的力量；(iii) 通过修辞来支持悲观主义和乐观主义观点之间的主观对比。总体而言，研究发现，援引技术乐观主义构成了对辩论期间出现的沟通挑战的“现成答案”，这有效地证明了不采取行动的合理性。