Ending the fossil fuel era / edited by Thomas Princen, Jack P. Manno and Pamela L. Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Princen, Thomas, 1951- editor.

Manno, Jack, editor.

Martin, Pamela, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fossil fuels.

Energy security.

Energy policy.

Environmental degradation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Not so long ago, people North and South had little reason to believe that wealth from oil, gas, and coal brought anything but great prosperity. But the presumption of net benefits from fossil fuels is eroding as widening circles of people rich and poor experience the downside. A positive transition to a post-fossil fuel era cannot wait for global agreement, a swap-in of renewables, a miracle technology, a carbon market, or lifestyle change. This book shows that it is now possible to take the first step toward the post-fossil fuel era, by resisting the slow violence of extreme extraction and combustion, exiting the industry, and imagining a good life after fossil fuels.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Part 1 The Fossil Fuel Problem; 1 The Problem; 2 The Biophysical; 3 The Cultural; 4 The Ethical; Part 2 Keeping Them in the Ground; Introduction to Part 2; 5 Leaving Oil under the Amazon; 6 Appalachia Coal; 7 El Salvador Gold; 8 Slowing Uranium in Australia; 9 The Future Would Have to Give Way to the Past; 10 Heating Up and Cooling Down the Petrostate; Part 3 The Politics of Delegitimization; 11 The Good Life (Sumak Kawsay) and the Good Mind (Ganigonhi:oh); 12 Exit Strategies; 13 On the Way Down; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32708-2

0-262-02880-8

OCLC:

910102881

Publisher Number:

YBP12140808