petrocapitalism

English

Etymology

From petro- +‎ capitalism.

Noun

petrocapitalism (uncountable)

1. Those aspects of capitalism that involve the petrochemical industry.
   • 2013, Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear -, The Hungry Dragon, page 27:

     For the purpose of better understanding the ensuing discussion in this chapter, petrocapitalism is said to operate successfully through an intertwined oil complex “that is territorially constituted through oil concessions”.

   • 2017, Noel Castree, Michael F. Goodchild, Audrey Kobayashi, International Encyclopedia of Geography:

     While geography of extractive petrocapitalism is focused on specific points in space – what Gavin Bridge (2010, 1) calls the geographies of “the hole” – consumptive petrocapitalism is dispersed and virtually includes the entirety of capitalism itself.

   • 2019, Kyle Devine, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, page 100:

     Music is not simply a passive observer of the plastic age. It is an active contributor to petrocapitalism, an agent of petroculture.