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Ending Fossil Fuels

Why Net Zero is Not Enough

Holly Jean Buck

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English
Verso
01 February 2022
Around the world, countries and companies are setting net-zero carbon emissions targets. But “net-zero” is a term that conveniently obscures multiple futures. There could be a version of net-zero where the fossil fuel industry is still spewing tens of billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, and has built a corresponding industry in sucking it back out again. Holly Buck argues that focusing on emissions draws our attention away from where we need to be looking: the point of production.

It is time to plan for the end of fossil fuel and the companies that profit from them. Fossil fuels still provide 80% of world energy and ceasing their use

before there are ready alternatives brings risks of energy poverty. The

fossil fuel industry provides jobs, as well as a source of revenue for

some frontline communities. Conventional wisdom says that fossil fuels will be naturally priced out when cheaper, but this raises as many problems as it addresses. Ending Fossil Fuels tackles these problems seriously and also sets out a roadmap that offer opportunities for

more liveable, inclusive future.

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Imprint:   Verso
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   176g
ISBN:   9781839762345
ISBN 10:   1839762349
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Holly Jean Buck is an Assistant Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. Her book After Geoengineering explores best and worst-case scenarios for climate intervention.

Reviews for Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough

This book belongs in every classroom, community center, and protest site where fossil fuels are mined, processed, transported, or burned-which is to say everywhere. - Billy Fleming, author of Drowning America Rare is a book like this that can offer such a clear and accessible overview of the multifaceted engineering, political, economic, and cultural challenges we face. A crucial text. - Matt Huber, author of Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom, and the Forces of Capital Buck's brilliant weaving of the political, technological, and economic complexities cuts through the hedging and posturing and shows how to actually avoid climate disaster. - Benjamin Bratton, author of The Revenge of the Real


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