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Subterranean Explorations : The Unfinished Promise of Geothermal Energy in the Chilean Andes / Martín Fonck.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UmweltEthnologie ; 9Publisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783839472637
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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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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