Carbon Civilisation and the Energy Descent Future: Life Beyond this Brief Anomaly

Carbon civilisation is powered predominately by finite fossil fuels and with each passing day it becomes harder to increase or even maintain current supply. Our one-off fossil energy inheritance is but a brief anomaly in the evolution of the human story a momentary energy spike from the perspective of deep time. Today humanity faces the dual crises of fossil fuel depletion and climate change both of which are consequences of the modern worlds fundamental reliance on the energy abundance provided...See More