TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fonck,Martín
AU  - B06|spa Camus,Ana Sofia
TI  - Subterranean Explorations: The Unfinished Promise of Geothermal Energy in the Chilean Andes 
T2  - UmweltEthnologie
SN  - 9783839472637
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Bielefeld
PB  - transcript Verlag
KW  - America
KW  - Chilean Andes
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Energy Futures
KW  - Environmental Sociology
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Geothermal Energy
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Nature
KW  - Technology
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction: The geothermal (in)visibility of the Chilean Andes --; 1 Rocks --; 2 Vapor --; 3 Underground water --; 4 Forest --; 5 Thermal Springs --; 6 Conclusion --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; References; restricted access
N2  - Geological phenomena have a strong visual presence in the landscape of the Chilean Andes. Volcanoes, thermal springs, earthquakes and geysers arise from an active geology. From the start of the 20th century, engineers and geologists have imagined transforming the heat of groundwater reservoirs into electricity. However, its use as electric power at a national scale remains an unfinished promise. Inspired by the anthropology of energy and infrastructures, Martín Fonck delves into the promises of geothermal energy and their abandonment in the Chilean Andes
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839472637?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839472637
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839472637/original
ER  -