Disordering fantasies of coal and technology: Carbon capture and storage in Australia

Marshall, JP

Disordering fantasies of coal and technology: Carbon capture and storage in Australia

Marshall, JP

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Citation:: Energy Policy, 2016, 99 pp. 288 - 298
Issue Date:: 2016-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marshall, JP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3914-7697	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Energy Policy, 2016, 99 pp. 288 - 298	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4215	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/98392
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 One of the main ways that continued use of coal is justified, and compensated for, is through fantasies of technology. This paper explores the politics of 'Carbon Capture and Storage' (CCS) technologies in Australia. These technologies involve capturing CO2 emissions, usually to store them 'safely' underground in a process called 'geo-sequestration'. In Australia the idea of 'clean coal' has been heavily promoted, and is a major part of CO2 emissions reduction plans, despite the technological difficulties, the lack of large scale working prototypes, the lack of coal company investment in such research, and the current difficulties in detecting leaks. This paper investigates the ways that the politics of 'clean coal' have functioned as psycho-social defence mechanisms, to prolong coal usage, assuage political discomfort and anxiety, and increase the systemic disturbance produced by coal power.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Policy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.enpol.2016.05.044	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Energy	en_US
dc.title	Disordering fantasies of coal and technology: Carbon capture and storage in Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	99	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Public Communication Program
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© 2016 One of the main ways that continued use of coal is justified, and compensated for, is through fantasies of technology. This paper explores the politics of 'Carbon Capture and Storage' (CCS) technologies in Australia. These technologies involve capturing CO2 emissions, usually to store them 'safely' underground in a process called 'geo-sequestration'. In Australia the idea of 'clean coal' has been heavily promoted, and is a major part of CO2 emissions reduction plans, despite the technological difficulties, the lack of large scale working prototypes, the lack of coal company investment in such research, and the current difficulties in detecting leaks. This paper investigates the ways that the politics of 'clean coal' have functioned as psycho-social defence mechanisms, to prolong coal usage, assuage political discomfort and anxiety, and increase the systemic disturbance produced by coal power.

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