2014
DOI: 10.1590/s1678-31662014000400006
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Abstract: Transition to a sustainable energy regime is one of the key global societal challenges for the coming decades. Many technological innovations are in the pipeline, but an uncritical appraisal of anything and everything called green innovation lacks methods for testing both the necessity and the sufficiency of these developments. We propose to develop a philosophy of energy to fill this lacuna. Its task is to explore and clarify the space in which the so-called energy transition is taking place. This article ske… Show more

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“…In human animals, this excess of energy ultimately ends up in pure expenditure that Bataille qualifies as a 'consciousness of nothing', which raises self-consciousness to a higher level (Bataille 1991: p. 190). The possibility of depleting energy (which does not mean oil or something similar, but rather time and effort) to 'nothing' is ultimately liberating (Geerts et al 2014). Within contemporary capitalist societies though, 'subjective' desire has come to revolve around the consumption of commodities, but it doesn't need to be like this.…”
Section: Bataille's Relevance To Sustainability Debatementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In human animals, this excess of energy ultimately ends up in pure expenditure that Bataille qualifies as a 'consciousness of nothing', which raises self-consciousness to a higher level (Bataille 1991: p. 190). The possibility of depleting energy (which does not mean oil or something similar, but rather time and effort) to 'nothing' is ultimately liberating (Geerts et al 2014). Within contemporary capitalist societies though, 'subjective' desire has come to revolve around the consumption of commodities, but it doesn't need to be like this.…”
Section: Bataille's Relevance To Sustainability Debatementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Why are mineral deposits unevenly distributed across countries and continents? The mission of the philosophy of energy is to explore and clarify the space in which the so-called energy transition to sustainable energy development (also called "green innovation") and renewable energy is taking place [28].…”
Section: Energy and Philosophymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They highlighted two interrelated stories concerning the role of people in low-carbon energy transitions, illustrated with an example on demand-side management, and pointed towards future energy-SSH research and policy priorities. (PoT), also throws more light on these concepts, but the field is too nascent to deserve being reviewed here [92].…”
Section: -Ssh Proposing High-level Analysis Of What the Energymentioning
confidence: 99%