In 1934, Lewis Mumford critiqued the industrial energy system as
a key source of authoritarian economic and political tendencies in
modern life. Recent debate continues to engage issues of energy
authoritarianism, focusing on the contest between energy-driven
globalization (the spread of energy deregulation and the
simultaneous consolidation of the oil, coal, and gas industries)
and the so-called "sustainable energy" strategy that celebrates the
local and community scale characteristics of renewable energy.
Including theoretical inquiries and case studies by distinguished
writers, Transforming Power is divided into three parts: Energy,
Environment, and Society; The Politics of Conventional Energy; and
The Politics of Sustainable Energy. It interrogates current
contemporary energy assumptions, exploring the reflexive
relationship between energy, environment, and society, and
examining energy as a social project. Some of these have promised a
prosperous future founded upon technological advances that further
modernize the modern energy system, such as "inherently safe"
nuclear power, environmentally friendly coal gasification, and the
advent of a wealthier, cleaner world powered by fuel cells; and the
"green technologies," said by advocates to prefigure a revival of
human scale development, local self-determination, and a commitment
to ecological balance.
This volume offers a timely engagement of the social issues
surrounding energy conflicts and contradictions. It will be of
interest to policymakers, energy and environmental experts,
sociologists, and historians of technology. John Byrne is director
of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP) and
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at the University of
Delaware. Noah Toly is a research associate and Ph.D. candidate in
the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of
Delaware. Leigh Glover is policy fellow and assistant professor in
the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of
Delaware.
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