Large-scale energy projects (dams, solar, wind, coal, etc.) have been documented to negatively affect local communities. However, local communities rarely voice their concerns. In fact, more often than not, local people think (imagine) that such projects will bring money, business opportunities and, thus, development. I understand that there is a clear link between sociotechnical imaginaries and energy justice, but was not able to find any literature on it. Would anyone be able to explain the link and point me to the existing literature (if any)?
Dear Aiste
You are raising a political issue that could represent and ethical issue In fact every political decision must be supported on science and on ethics, none being able to support any decision alone.
Power action/decision is not always exerted base on the best criteria. Politics has reasons that the reason does not know! Ambitions and other negative feelings are always contaminating power.
So, your question would require a long response... Yet, you understand that humanity never proved to be 100% fair in solving local problems. there are some concepts that become cleaner with the time. But in between we have so sordid histories like in Soth Asia, Philipines, South and central America, Middle Orient, Africa, Russia, etc....
Yes, lots of human fragility (!!!) are expressed in prejudice of the neighbors... You can try in a specific case. But the open borders of information are as good for the help as bad for the contamination and the crime!!!
I don't know if I had contributed to your thinking about the issue you raised...
Ciao!
Eduardo de Oliveura Fernandes
Good question
The dams are very useful for sustainable energy source. But numbers of people the becomes homeless .the government does not make home for poor people. Some environmentalist oppose right choice for own popularity. Many humans are displaced due to dams. Humans who live in an area that is to be flooded due to a new dam have to relocate and lose their homes to the rising water.
Storage based hydroelectric projects are economically lucrative due to their sustainable and multi functional nature. Dams destroy the natural flow of the river. They cause either an increase or decrease in water flow, depending on the dam. The natural cycle of flood and drought may be disrupted, affecting the entire river and damaging huge areas of land. Big dams are plain bad. They flood people out of their homes and off their lands; wipe out endangered habitats and species; spread water-borne diseases; deprive flood plains of the water and sediments of life-giving floods.
you could have a look at LCSA - life cycle social assessment and what UNEP/SETAC did about their guidelines for leading such surveys.
then you'll probably have to choose or to bring together people from different discplines : ingeneering (basis of LCA studies), sociology (adding the S) and philosophy to intent solving the ethics problems.
I'm beginning on these subjects, will enjoy to share more of it if you like.
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