Ending the Fossil Fuel Era

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Cover of the book Ending the Fossil Fuel Era by Stephen Balogh, Laura A. Bozzi, Robin Broad, John Cavanagh, James Goodman, Stuart Rosewarne, Tom Morton, Helge Ryggvik, Berit Kristoffersen, Adele Santana, Thomas Princen, Jack P. Manno, Pamela L. Martin, The MIT Press
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Author: Stephen Balogh, Laura A. Bozzi, Robin Broad, John Cavanagh, James Goodman, Stuart Rosewarne, Tom Morton, Helge Ryggvik, Berit Kristoffersen, Adele Santana, Thomas Princen, Jack P. Manno, Pamela L. Martin ISBN: 9780262327084
Publisher: The MIT Press Publication: May 22, 2015
Imprint: The MIT Press Language: English
Author: Stephen Balogh, Laura A. Bozzi, Robin Broad, John Cavanagh, James Goodman, Stuart Rosewarne, Tom Morton, Helge Ryggvik, Berit Kristoffersen, Adele Santana, Thomas Princen, Jack P. Manno, Pamela L. Martin
ISBN: 9780262327084
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication: May 22, 2015
Imprint: The MIT Press
Language: English

A provocative call for delegitimizing fossil fuels rather than accommodating them, accompanied by case studies from Ecuador to Appalachia and from Germany to Norway.

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. It shows how an environmental politics of transition might occur, arguing for going to the source rather than managing byproducts, for delegitimizing fossil fuels rather than accommodating them, for engaging a politics of deliberately choosing a post-fossil fuel world.

Six case studies reveal how individuals, groups, communities, and an entire country have taken first steps out of the fossil fuel era, with experiments that range from leaving oil under the Amazon to ending mountaintop removal in Appalachia.

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A provocative call for delegitimizing fossil fuels rather than accommodating them, accompanied by case studies from Ecuador to Appalachia and from Germany to Norway.

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. It shows how an environmental politics of transition might occur, arguing for going to the source rather than managing byproducts, for delegitimizing fossil fuels rather than accommodating them, for engaging a politics of deliberately choosing a post-fossil fuel world.

Six case studies reveal how individuals, groups, communities, and an entire country have taken first steps out of the fossil fuel era, with experiments that range from leaving oil under the Amazon to ending mountaintop removal in Appalachia.

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