Is energy geography running out of steam?

Ptak and co-authors make a strong case for the importance of energy geography. However, it is not clear from the article how energy geography will engage with novel trends and emerging socio-political crises. This leads me to question whether energy geography is actually starting to run out of steam. I argue that we should be less concerned with the sub-discipline's purported peripherality, and instead seek to renew the field with the purpose of engaging with the real-world crises around us. As an example, I discuss the potential of energy geography for understanding the emergence of right-wing populism.