"This volume focuses on the social, cultural, and ecological consequences of a political economy of energy. A political economy of energy holds that an enduring hallmark of the current context is a reorganization of human society toward energy extraction and production. Limits to Terrestrial...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mumford and Bataille: toward a political economy of energy consumption -- 3 Climate change and decarbonization: the politics of delusion, delay, and destruction...