Fossil Fuels and Energy Justice: Coal, Oil and Gas

Darren McCauley

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62494-5_2

Fossil Fuels and Energy Justice: Coal, Oil and Gas

Darren McCauley

School of Geography & Sustainable Development

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Fossil fuel systems are routinely associated with injustice. The inherently carbon-intensive nature of fossil fuels poses serious questions for the future of oil, gas and coal. This is only part of the picture. I explore, firstly, the different characteristics of each energy source, including significant differences in carbon emissions. The chapter broadens its assessment beyond carbon emissions to consider the wider energy context of resource availability, accessibility and sustainability. This includes an assessment of natural reserves, patterns of production and consumption, trade flows, price and long-term trends as well as carbon dioxide emissions. The energy justice framework is then applied to each energy source with a detailed coverage of their respective distributional, recognition and procedural global inequalities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Energy Justice
Publisher	Palgrave
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62494-5_2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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