Christopher F. Jones

Dr. Christopher Jones (@EnergyHistorian) was interviewed by @Forbes France about how the transportation of energy accelerated the transition from wood to fossil fuels. You can read the English translation here: ow.ly/WArZ50QAoUC #ASUHumanities

Nice shoutout to @epopppp 's excellent work in this useful article.

My review of Abundance for @LAReviewofBooks. Short version: technocratic tweaks could be helpful, but to assume they can inspire a widespread political movement is mistaken. lareviewofbooks.org/article/abunda…

"To understand what Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson think is wrong with America, you need look no further than California’s failed attempts to build a high-speed rail." @EnergyHistorian reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s "Abundance." lareviewofbooks.org/article/abunda…

Dr. Christopher Jones (@EnergyHistorian) was interviewed by the "Times of India" about his research and hidden chapters in America’s energy transition. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/inequality-in-… #ASUHumanities

Coal boosters actively encouraged the energy transition to fossil fuels. They commissioned a company to build cheap coal stoves and offered prizes for the development of coal-burning technology. (Post based on work by @EnergyHistorian) daily.jstor.org/when-did-ameri…

"New Perspectives in Energy History"-- we're going to bring back our one-day environmental history conference @yale with a focus on energy history-- save the date and propose a paper environmentalhistory.yale.edu/programs/confe…

We are hiring! The Herbst Program in @CUEngineering is looking for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor in hist of/Sci/Med/Tech or STS. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…. I'm chairing the committee. Please get in touch with questions.

Join the @chstmorg Energy History Working Group Friday, July 14, 1:30 PM EST. James Allison will present "Seeing Coal: The Rogers Brothers, State Geological Surveys, and the Professionalization of American Science". Go to chstm.org/content/energy… for zoom link + paper download.

Energy historians! Come present your work with the Energy History Working Group. We are building the 2023-24 schedule now. We workshop full length WIP work in the field of energy history. Priority deadline August 15th.

After 7 years it’s finally out! So grateful for all the help and encouragement along the way! ⁦@NYUCEMS⁩ ⁦@NYUHistory⁩

Playing medieval dress up with friends & colleagues, @ASU graduate student graduation. For those of you scoring at home the regalia is from UVA, Penn, Princeton Seminary, and Carnegie Mellon. #historians @ASU_SHPRS Cc @CalScherm @EnergyHistorian Jason Bruner

Something is incredibly wrong with your form of economic governance if it creates headlines like this

“After decades of research, the time has come: degrowth now has its own journal.” Check out the first volume here: degrowthjournal.org/issues/2023-vo…

@FredrikAlbritt1 and Carl Wennerlind's SCARCITY is out today! These shelves may be empty, but inside is an expansive story about human visions -- and revisions -- of our relationship to nature & economy in the age of capitalism. #HappyPubDay @Harvard_Press @HarvardUPLondon

Happy pub day to @wahgraphy! His brilliantly rendered study from @AZpress troubles how we talk about colonialism and insists we conceive of energy transitions in the present tense. Catch our conversation on @NewBooksEnviron: newbooksnetwork.com/carbon-soverei… #envhist

Roundtable alert! Scholars of geography and history join together to discuss @SharikaCrawfo17 The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean networks.h-net.org/crawford-last-… TY @eahennessy, @rtfielding, Karl Offen and Mary Draper for joining the convo-

Thrilled to be hosting @JoanFloresVill1 here @ASU next Tuesday to discuss her new book, "The Silver Women: How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal." Please join us, registration link below: asuevents.asu.edu/event/silver-w… #ASUHumanities

Ever wondered about the history of solar energy and why it didn’t take off sooner? A few answers from my article "The Poor Woman’s Energy: Low-Modernist Solar Technologies & International Development, 1878–1966," hot off the presses @GlobalHistJnl (🔓!) doi.org/10.1017/S17400…

My article on Energy Economics after the oil crisis just want up at JMH. Very thankful for all the help along the way! @FredrikAlbritt1 @EnergyHistorian @NYUCEMS @natterjee @GaraviniG @EuropeModern journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…