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Fossile Rohstoffe: Eingesickert in die Gesellschaft
- Jun 4, 2020
- In the Media
- Dept. I
- Benjamin Steininger
- IV. Anthropocene FormationsFossil Modernity—Technical Materialities and Time Regimes in the Anthropocene
Fossil Raw Materials: Infiltrated into Society
"When we speak of fossil raw materials, we first think of mobility and energy. But coal, gas, and oil have seeped into our lives much more deeply in the past 200 years than we would think.The freedom and prosperity of the fossil age, like with nylon, pharmaceuticals, or synthetic fertilizers, are based on these energy sources. Is a world conceivable without fossil raw materials?"
Benjamin Steininger explains how society can emancipate itself from raw fossil materials and what an alternative future might look like.