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Carbon capital : the lexicon and allegories of US hydrocarbon finance
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dc.contributor.author | Field, Sean | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-18T10:30:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-18T10:30:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier | 273843456 | |
dc.identifier | 43921755-ea23-47f4-91ba-e6e1cf22405c | |
dc.identifier | 85126670794 | |
dc.identifier | 000770240200001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Field , S 2022 , ' Carbon capital : the lexicon and allegories of US hydrocarbon finance ' , Economy and Society , vol. 51 , no. 2 , pp. 235-258 . https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2022.2030606 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0308-5147 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25064 | |
dc.description | This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, grant agreement No. 715146. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with energy financiers in Houston, Texas, this paper explores how experts use a lexicon of models and metrics to conceptualize and construct allegories about future hydrocarbon projects and companies. I show that allegorical narratives built with this lexicon advance a kind of energy ethics – distinguishing what is good and advocating for particular hydrocarbon futures. As the energy industry pivots toward renewables, I conclude that these metrics, models and allegories are coming to bear on new forms of extraction. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the financial and managerial processes on which extractive energy practices are imagined, valued and decided. | |
dc.format.extent | 870906 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Economy and Society | en |
dc.subject | Hydrocarbons | en |
dc.subject | Extraction | en |
dc.subject | Energy | en |
dc.subject | Ethics | en |
dc.subject | Financialization | en |
dc.subject | Economization | en |
dc.subject | HD Industries. Land use. Labor | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy | en |
dc.subject | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD | en |
dc.title | Carbon capital : the lexicon and allegories of US hydrocarbon finance | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Research Council | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Energy Ethics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Social Anthropology | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03085147.2022.2030606 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 715146 | en |
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