Rocketing to Energy Sustainability

Metaphors are an important way to facilitate understanding of new processes. This metaphor is constructed based similarity of a rocket’s and civilization’s transition from one stable state to another at a higher level accomplished using a limited supply of fuel. For example, fossil fuels enable th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David LePoire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Big History Association 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Big History
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Online Access:https://jbh.journals.villanova.edu/index.php/JBH/article/view/2304/2188