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Subterranean Explorations - The Unfinished Promise of Geothermal Energy in the Chilean Andes

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Geological phenomena have a strong visual presence in the landscape of the Chilean Andes. Volcanoes, thermal springs, earthquakes and geysers arise from an active geology. From the start of the 20th century, engineers and geologists have imagined transforming the heat of groundwater reservoirs into electricity. However, its use as electric power at a national scale remains an unfinished promise. Inspired by the anthropology of energy and infrastructures, Martín Fonck delves into the promises of geothermal energy and their abandonment in the Chilean Andes.

About the author

Martín Fonck researches and teaches at the Chair of Sociology of Science and the Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. He has worked at the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society and at the Institute for Ethnology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). Also, he was a research associate at the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam. He analyses the future of environmental technologies from an ethnographic and historical perspective.

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Authors Martín Fonck
Assisted by Ana Sofia B06|spa Camus (Translation)
Publisher Transcript
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.06.2024
 
EAN 9783837672633
ISBN 978-3-8376-7263-3
No. of pages 184
Dimensions 150 mm x 12 mm x 228 mm
Weight 294 g
Illustrations Dispersionsbindung, 28 SW-Abbildungen
Series Umweltethnologie
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

Soziale Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren, Technology, Latin America, Nature, America, Ethnology, Ecology, auseinandersetzen, Environmental Sociology, Energy Futures, Chilean Andes, Geothermal Energy, Anthropology of Energy

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