Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2012
Abstract
Imagine that you could wave a magic wand and provide everyone in the world with easy access to clean and affordable energy. In one stroke you would make the world a far cleaner, richer, fairer, and safer place. Suddenly, a billion and a half of the world's poorest people could discover what it is like to turn on an electric light in the evening. The looming threat posed by climate change would largely disappear. From the South China Sea to the Middle East to the Arctic, geopolitical tensions over energy resources would fade away. Human health would benefit, too, as vaccines and perishable foods could be refrigerated the world over. And many of the world's most corrupt government officials could no longer enrich themselves by bleeding their countries dry of revenues from fossil fuel sales.
Discipline
Energy Policy | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Ethics and International Affairs
Volume
26
Issue
3
First Page
293
Last Page
309
ISSN
0892-6794
Identifier
10.1017/S0892679412000433
Publisher
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Citation
FLORINI, Ann.(2012). The Peculiar Politics of Energy. Ethics and International Affairs, 26(3), 293-309.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1163
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0892679412000433