Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough - Couverture souple

Buck, Holly Jean

 
9781839762345: Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1839762349 ISBN 13 : 9781839762345
Editeur : Verso Books, 2021

Synopsis

Around the world, countries and companies are setting net-zero carbon emissions targets. But net-zero is a term that conveniently obscures multiple futures. There could be a version of net-zero where the fossil fuel industry is still spewing tens of billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, and has built a corresponding industry in sucking it back out again. Holly Buck argues that focusing on emissions draws our attention away from where we need to be looking: the point of production. It is time to plan for the end of fossil fuel and the companies that profit from them. Fossil fuels still provide 80% of world energy and ceasing their use before there are ready alternatives brings risks of energy poverty. The fossil fuel industry provides jobs, as well as a source of revenue for some frontline communities. Conventional wisdom says that fossil fuels will be naturally priced out when cheaper, but this raises as many problems as it addresses. Ending Fossil Fuels tackles these problems seriously and also sets out a roadmap that offer opportunities for more liveable, inclusive future.

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À propos de l?auteur

Holly Jean Buck is a geographer and environmental social scientist studying rural futures, the politics of platforms, and how emerging technologies can address environmental challenges. She works as an Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, and has a Ph.D. in Development Sociology from Cornell University. She is the author of After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration and Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero Is Not Enough.

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Éditeur
Verso Books
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1839762349
ISBN 13 
9781839762345
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
VERSO BOOKS
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb

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