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Auteur(s) : Malm, Andreas (1977-....)
Titre(s) : Fossil capital [Texte imprimé] : the rise of steam-power and the roots of global warming / Andreas Malm
Publication : London : Verso, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (488 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 399-468
"How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power. The more
we debate about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels
we continue to burn. How did we get caught up in this mess? In this masterful new
history, Malm claims that it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. So
why did manufacturers turn from traditional fuels, notably water, to steam? Overturning
established theories of the transition and offering a radically new view of our warming
world, this study shows how steam was adopted as a superior source of power. Two centuries
later, the inheritors of that power continue to profit from "business as usual," as
the world heads toward irreversible catastrophe. Malm examines the history of resistance
to fossil fuels and surveys the obstacles to the transition to renewable energy so
urgently needed today. Then as now, energy choices are determined in struggles over
power"
Sujet(s) : Politique énergétique -- Environnement -- Histoire
Changements climatiques -- Histoire
Combustibles fossiles -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
333.82 (23e éd.) = Combustibles fossiles (ressources économiques)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-78478-129-3 (br.). - ISBN 978-1-78478-132-3 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455989965
Notice n° :
FRBNF45598996
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : In the heat of the past : towards a history of the fossil economy ; Scarcity, progress,
the nature of the human species? Theories of the rise of steam ; The long life of
the flow : industrial energy before coal ; 'There are mighty energies in those masses'
: mobilising power in a time of crisis ; Puzzles of the transition : the lasting
advantages of water ; Fleeing the flowing commons : the expansion of waterpower that
never happened ; A ticket to the town : advantages of steam in space ; A force to
count on : advantages of steam in time ; 'No government but fuel' : the derivation
of power from coal in bourgeois ideology ; 'Go and stop the smoke!' : the moment
of resistance against steam ; A long trail of smoke : the fossil economy consummated
; The myth of the human enterprise : towards a different theory ; Fossil capital
: the energy basis of bourgeois property relations ; China as chimney of the world
: fossil capital today ; A return to the flow? Obstacles to the transition ; Time
to pull the plugs : on CO₂ as an effluent of power.
