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  A Planetary Battery

Turnbull, T. (2024). A Planetary Battery. Environmental Humanities, 16(3), 643-660. doi:10.1215/22011919-11327324.

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Turnbull, Thomas1, Author           
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1Department Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Society, ou_2266695              

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Free keywords: energy storage, batteries, caves, carbon footprint, life cycle analysis
 MPIWG_PROJECTS: Knowledge in and of the Anthropocene
 Abstract: This article explores the trials and tribulations of various attempts to store energy from a broad historical and geographical perspective. It focuses on recent developments in and around Berlin but it extends into the deep past and distant stars. Taking in a wide- ranging sequence of historical events, it argues that certain dreams about unparalleled con- trol over Earth’s energy flows are unraveling. What if, rather than clinging to the vestiges of fossil-fueled existence or maintaining 24-7 lifestyles with banks of lithium-ion batteries, some decided to welcome the cycles and periodicities of the Sun back into their lives? It asks what we can learn from focusing on energy storage as a distinct point of exploitation, and what form resistance to new regimes of energy storage would take.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 20242024
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 17
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1215/22011919-11327324
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Title: Environmental Humanities
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 16 (3) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 643 - 660 Identifier: ISSN: 2201-1919