THE COMMODITY CONSENSUS AND THE NEW ENERGY FRONTIER OF GREEN HYDROGEN

REFLECTIONS BASED ON SOCIAL INDICATORS FROM CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES - RJ

Abstract

This article analyzes the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes – RJ based on a set of economic and social indicators. The methodology begins with an exploratory analysis, highlighting social indicators, a literature review on the subject and document analysis, and employs the Latin American historical-structuralist method. Subsequently, it examines the scenario of green hydrogen production in the North Fluminense Mesoregion, which hypothetically occurs in a manner subordinate to the interests of hegemonic countries and groups in the contemporary production system. Thus, this work engages with the perspectives of dependency theory and neo-extractivism in order to list the challenges to be faced in light of this problem, which permeates the current oil cycle in the municipality and deepens processes of social exclusion.