Carbon TechnocracyA forceful reckoning with the relationship between energy and power through the history of what was once East Asias largest coal mine. The coal mining town of Fushun in Chinas Northeast is home to a monstrous open pit. First excavated in the early twentieth century, this pit grew like a widening maw over the ensuing decades, as various Chinese and Japanese states endeavored to unearth Fushuns purportedly inexhaustible carbon resources. Today, the