Visions of Energy Futures

Taylor & Francis

Visions of Energy FuturesImagining and Innovating Low-Carbon Transitions\nAuthor(s): Benjamin K. Sovacool\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367111991, 978-0367111991\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the visions, fantasies, frames, discourses, imaginaries, and expectations associated with six state-of-the-art energy systemsnuclear power, hydrogen fuel cells, shale gas, clean coal, smart meters, and electric vehiclesplaying a key role in current deliberations about low-carbon energy supply and use. Visions of Energy Futures: Imagining and Innovating Low-Carbon Transitions unveils what the future of energy systems could look like, and how their meanings are produced, often alongside moments of contestation. Theoretically, it analyzes these technological case studies with emerging concepts from various disciplines: utopianism (history of technology), symbolic convergence (communication studies), technological frames (so.