Fossil capital : the rise of steam-power and the roots of global warming / Andreas Malm.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Verso, 2016Description: 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781784781293 (paperback)
- Industries -- Energy consumption -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Industrial revolution -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain
- Steam-engines -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Fossil fuels -- Economic aspects -- History
- Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- History
- Global warming -- History
- Climatic changes -- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics
- 333.820941 MAL 23
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"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"--
"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"--
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