Towards the Post-Carbon Society: Searching for Signs of the Transition and Identifying Obstacles. Garcia, E. & Martinez-Iglesias, M. In Garcia, E., Martinez-Iglesias, M., & Kirby, P., editors, Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society, pages 57–86. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, 2017. 00000 ![Towards the Post-Carbon Society: Searching for Signs of the Transition and Identifying Obstacles [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex The transition to a post-carbon society, in which the consumption of fossil fuels falls over time, is determined by the need to prevent catastrophic climate change, the increasing cost of energy and complex combinations of both these causes. The transition will not only entail political adjustments and the replacement of some technologies by others, but will be accompanied by social and cultural changes that bring about substantial modifications in the organization of our societies and our ways of life. Based on the situation in Spain, this article analyses whether the current conditions, which date back to the crisis that began in 2007, favour a benign and smooth transition, or, on the contrary, make the transition more difficult and more prone to conflict. Macro-structural data obtained from secondary sources points to a link between decarbonization, economic recession and the erosion of social cohesion. However, a comparative international analysis suggests this may not be the case, at least during the initial phases of the transition. The results of focus groups on how people imagine the future indicate that immediate anxieties tend to cancel out any concern for ecological problems, and hence that the crisis is conducive not to transformative dreams but to regressive ones. Information on the environmental impact, or carbon footprint, of lifestyles and patterns of consumption shows the reduction in consumption induced by the crisis has shackled large swathes of the population to unsustainable ways of life in a new wave of poverty that is often characterized by high environmental costs. Finally, the chapter discusses the relationship between the post-carbon transition, overshoot and degrowth, examining the cultural features associated with a positive reconstruction of austerity.
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