Abstract

WYCZYKIER, Gabriela  and  ACACIO, Juan Antonio. The paradoxes of gas as a bridge fuel: questions about Vaca Muerta. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2022, vol.30, n.60, 00007.  Epub May 31, 2024. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl3060-007-2022.

This article analyzes the debates and controversies around natural gas as "bridge energy" in the framework of the energy transition, climate change and the socio-ecological crisis. Likewise, the unconventional gas exploitation in the Vaca Muerta megaproject, located in Argentina, is problematized, reviewing controversies regarding its sustainability and viability. In this direction, it refers, from a qualitative orientation analysis, the different warnings linked to the environmental, territorial, economic and productive effects of the production of this fossil fuel.

Keywords : energy transition; socioecological crisis; climate change; natural gas; fuel bridge; Vaca Muerta; Argentina.