The Low-Carbon Contradiction (eBook)

Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the Infrastructural State in Cuba

Gustav Cederlof (Autor)

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2023
260 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
9780520393141 (ISBN)

Infos

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 based on 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.” Working with original research from inside households, 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.

Inhalt

Contents

List of Illustrations and Table 
Preface 
Acronyms 

Introduction 
1. Against the Energy Empire 
2. Electrification or Death 
3. Blackout 
4. Socialist Redistribution and Autonomous Infrastructure 
5. The Energy Revolution 
Conclusion: Energy Transitions and Infrastructural Form 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: cuban energy transition • decommodification • Efficiency • electrification • Energy reform • Fidel Castro • History • Infrastructure • kerosene rationing • Labor • Lighting • Nuclear Program • Political Geography • sugar industry • Thermoelectric • thermoelectric power plants
• ISBN-13: 9780520393141 / 9780520393141