Malm begins by asking precisely this question.
It is a brilliant Marxist critique of capitalism and the origins of the fossil fuel economy and should be read by every activist. Malm’s book could almost be a manual on why it is that capitalism, the fossil fuel economy whose evolution he describes, is so unable to reduce its addiction to coal, oil and gas. It proved to be a prescient choice of reading material for a conference that produced lots of promises but was short on agreement of what to actually do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I read Andreas Malm’s Fossil Capital while travelling to and from Paris to participate in counter-conferences and protests at the time of the UN COP21 climate talks. The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
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