Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming - Andreas Malm
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Climate Change
 Ecology
 Economics
 Environment
 Philosophy
 Science
 Theory
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How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power
The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to an engine fired by coal? Contrary to established views, steam offered neither cheaper nor more abundant energy - but rather superior control of subordinate labor. Animated by fossil fuels, capital could concentrate production at the most profitable sites and during the most convenient hours, as it continues to do today.
Sweeping from 19th-century Manchester to the emissions explosion in China, from the original triumph of coal to the stalled shift to renewables, this study hones in on the burning heart of capital and demonstrates, in unprecedented depth, that turning down the heat will mean a radical overthrow of the current economic order.
Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
Release date: 02-18-20
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
October 22nd, 2024
Looks great, thanks Searching.
October 23rd, 2024
Thanks! This promises to be a great listen.
October 23rd, 2024
Thanks.
In before the comments get hijacked by Americans.
October 23rd, 2024
i think so, its like the manufacturer of drugs cant stop the addicts, even thought the manufacturer has stopped manufacturing, so so
October 27th, 2024
Blaming capitalism is just a different form of denial.
It could be no other way. Once the humans evolved full behavioral modernity, it was just a matter of time before they unlocked the full power of fossil fuels. It could have happened a thousand years sooner or a thousand years later, but the clever and rapacious ape with the big, super connected brain and an equal lust for knowledge and dominance, could not help themselves. Never forget that the brain also evolved the means to delude humans into believing that it’s all about them and free will and that all will be well if we just choose different or get rid of that tribe {evil} in the next valley over who refuses to recycle their plastic. They ruined our chance at utopia and thus must go. It also says so in or religious text -SEE!
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*The purpose of life is to disperse energy*
“The truly dangerous ideas in science tend to be those that threaten the collective ego of humanity and knock us further off our pedestal of centrality. The Copernican Revolution abruptly dislodged humans from the center of the universe. The Darwinian Revolution yanked Homo sapiens from the pinnacle of life. Today another menacing revolution sits at the horizon of knowledge, patiently awaiting broad realization by the same egotistical species.
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The dangerous idea is this: the purpose of life is to disperse energy.
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Many of us are at least somewhat familiar with the second law of thermodynamics, the unwavering propensity of energy to disperse and, in doing so, transition from high quality to low quality forms. More generally, as stated by ecologist Eric Schneider, “nature abhors a gradient,” where a gradient is simply a difference over a distance — for example, in temperature or pressure. Open physical systems — including those of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere — all embody this law, being driven by the dispersal of energy, particularly the flow of heat, continually attempting to achieve equilibrium. Phenomena as diverse as lithospheric plate motions, the northward flow of the Gulf Stream, and occurrence of deadly hurricanes are all examples of second law manifestations.
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There is growing evidence that life, the biosphere, is no different. It has often been said the life’s complexity contravenes the second law, indicating the work either of a deity or some unknown natural process, depending on one’s bias. Yet the evolution of life and the dynamics of ecosystems obey the second law mandate, functioning in large part to dissipate energy. They do so not by burning brightly and disappearing, like a fire torching a forest, but through stable metabolic cycles that store chemical energy and continually reduce the solar gradient. Photosynthetic plants, bacteria, and algae capture energy from the sun and form the core of all food webs.
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Virtually all organisms, including humans, are, in a real sense, sunlight transmogrified, temporary waypoints in the flow of energy. Ecological succession, viewed from a thermodynamic perspective, is a process that maximizes the capture and degradation of energy.
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June 11th, 2025
thank you!!!
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