Carbon Capital: The Moral Metrics of Energy Finance
Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews Sean Field presents on recent research as part of the New Energy: Conversations with Early-Career Energy Researchers series.
Research Fellow at the University of St. Andrews Sean Field presents on recent research as part of the New Energy: Conversations with Early-Career Energy Researchers series. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with energy financiers in Houston, Texas, Sean Field explores how experts use a lexicon of models and metrics to conceptualize and construct allegories about future hydrocarbon projects and companies. Dr. Field shows that allegorical narratives built with this lexicon advance a kind of energy ethics – distinguishing what is good and advocating for particular energy futures. As the energy industry pivots toward renewables, Dr. Field argues that these metrics, models and allegories are coming to bear on new forms of extraction.
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