The Curse of Oil

Places of high carbon excess have mushroomed in the past 30 neo-liberal years. The speculative development of places such as Dubai is made possible by large infrastructural projects involving celebrity architects. The associated new transport systems are typically paid for out of public money. Building such places often involves the profligate consumption of water, power and building materials in order to build on reclaimed land (Macao, Dubai) or in deserts (Las Vegas, Gran Scala, Abu Dhabi). …

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