In recent years the oil industry has shifted from climate change denialism to advocacy of the Paris Agreement, championing sustainability in an apparent assertion (rather than rejection) of corporate responsibility. Meanwhile growth forecasts continue unabated to finance the industry’s enthusiasm for upstream ventures in uncharted territories. How do extractive companies, and those who work in them, square this contradiction? Fieldwork among oil company executives points to a new wave of techno-optimism: a deus ex machina that will descend from the labs of corporate research and development (R&D) labs to reconcile these irreconcilable imperatives. Rather than denial, the projection of win-win synergies between growth and sustainability involves a suspension of disbelief; an instrumental faith in the miraculous power of technology that tenders salvation without forsaking fossil fuels, or restructuring markets.

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等待机器之神：2°C 世界中的“可持续提取物”

近年来，石油行业已从否认气候变化转变为倡导《巴黎协定》，以明显主张（而不是拒绝）企业责任的方式支持可持续性。与此同时，增长预测继续有增无减，以资助该行业对未知领域上游企业的热情。采掘公司及其工作人员如何解决这一矛盾？石油公司高管的实地考察表明，出现了新一波技术乐观主义：一种来自企业研发 (R&D) 实验室的 deus ex machina，以调和这些不可调和的必要性。与其否认，增长与可持续性之间的双赢协同效应的预测涉及暂停怀疑；