The low-carbon contradiction energy transition, geopolitics, and the infrastructural state in Cuba
Introduction -- Against the energy empire -- Electrification or death -- Blackout -- Socialist redistribution and autonomous infrastructure -- The energy revolution -- Conclusion : energy transitions and infrastructural form.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2023
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| Schriftenreihe: | Critical environments
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| Schlagworte: |
Treibhausgas-Emissionen
> Energieversorgung
> Infrastruktur
> Energiepolitik
> Geopolitik
> Kuba
> Energy conservation
> Energy transition
> Political aspects
> Energy policy
> Carbon dioxide mitigation
> Economic aspects
> Geopolitics
> Infrastructure (Economics)
> Carbon dioxide mitigation - Economic aspects
> Cuba
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- Against the energy empire -- Electrification or death -- Blackout -- Socialist redistribution and autonomous infrastructure -- The energy revolution -- Conclusion : energy transitions and infrastructural form. "In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba became Latin America's most oil dependent economy. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the country lost 86 percent of its crude oil supplies, resulting in a severe energy crisis. In the face of this shock, Cuba started to develop a low-carbon economy on the basis of economic and social reform rather than high-tech innovation. The Low Carbon Contradiction examines this period of rapid low-carbon energy transition, which many have described as a "Cuban miracle" or even a real-life case of successful "degrowth". Based on original research inside households and workplaces, universities and government offices, Gustav Cederlöf retells the history of the Cuban Revolution as one of profound environmental and infrastructural change. In doing so, he opens up new questions about energy transitions, their politics, and the conditions of a socially just low-carbon future. The Cuban experience shows how a society can transform itself while rapidly cutting carbon emissions in the search for sustainability." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xviii, 236 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780520393134 978-0-520-39313-4 0520393139 0-520-39313-9 9780520393127 978-0-520-39312-7 0520393120 0-520-39312-0 |