Paper short abstract

This presentation propose to question the implications on every day life of energy transition. We want to question the offset between a political discourse promoting an energy transition and the everyday life of ordinary people.

Paper long abstract

In times of urgency when the "energy transition" appears like an undisputable necessity, what are then the implications of the techno-political decisions on everyday life? What are household energy schemes?

This presentation propose to question the implications on every day life of energy transition. The study has been conducted in France in 2011-2012 at a time of high energy prices. The point was to understand the implications of the transition on dwelling and every day mobility. Through this paper we want to question the offset between a political discourse promoting an energy transition presented mainly as without consequences on the way of life thanks to the improvement of technology and the everyday life of ordinary people who might have a partial or no access to those technologies. We will present the distortion between the discourse and the realities of everyday life to then question what can ethnography give in an urgent time.