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Fossil capital : the rise of steam power and the roots of global warming / Andreas Malm

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2016Copyright date: © 2016Description: 488 Seiten : Illustrationen, DiagrammeISBN:
  • 9781784781293
  • 9781784781323
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781784781309. | 9781784781316. | Erscheint auch als: Fossil capital. Online-Ausgabe London : Verso, 2016. 1 Online-Ressource (385 Seiten)DDC classification:
  • 333.8/20941 23
  • 333.820941
RVK: RVK: AR 26320 | ZP 3220 | NW 4200 | ZP 3222 | RB 10690 | MF 9150 | AR 28120 | AR 26385 | AR 28305LOC classification:
  • HD9502.G72
Summary: 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.Call number: Grundsignatur: 2017 A 6939PPN: PPN: 839844549
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