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- 416 pages
- Reading time
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Focusing on the environmental and social implications of fossil fuel use, the book employs Elizabeth Shove's social practices approach alongside Murphy's social closure framework to analyze the pervasive carbon-polluting practices. It highlights how the costs of fossil fuels are externalized, affecting future generations and contributing to environmental monopolization. Murphy critiques the emerging reliance on technology as a solution, revealing a resistance to changing harmful practices tied to valuable resources. The work explores the tension between technological optimism and the need for sustainable practices.
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The Fossil-Fuelled Climate Crisis, Raymond Murphy
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- The Fossil-Fuelled Climate Crisis
- Subtitle
- Foresight or Discounting Danger?
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Raymond Murphy
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Publisher
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN13
- 9783030533274
- Category
- Social sciences, Geography / Topography, Ecology, Nature in general, Political Science / Politics
- Description
- Focusing on the environmental and social implications of fossil fuel use, the book employs Elizabeth Shove's social practices approach alongside Murphy's social closure framework to analyze the pervasive carbon-polluting practices. It highlights how the costs of fossil fuels are externalized, affecting future generations and contributing to environmental monopolization. Murphy critiques the emerging reliance on technology as a solution, revealing a resistance to changing harmful practices tied to valuable resources. The work explores the tension between technological optimism and the need for sustainable practices.