Scenarios about 'energy'
The production, distribution, and utilization of power sources that drive human civilization, from traditional combustibles to renewable alternatives. Energy development has been fundamental to industrial progress, economic growth, and geopolitical power dynamics throughout history. Alternative history scenarios often explore how different energy technology paths or resource distributions might have altered global development patterns and international relations.
What If The Shale Revolution Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies failed to unlock vast reserves of shale oil and gas, dramatically altering global energy markets, geopolitics, and climate policy in the 21st century.
What If the Industrial Revolution Started Earlier?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if the Industrial Revolution had begun centuries earlier, fundamentally altering the development of technology, society, and global power structures.
What If New Zealand Discovered Oil Reserves Rivaling Saudi Arabia?
Exploring how New Zealand's economy, society, and global standing would have transformed if vast oil reserves had been discovered in its territorial waters, creating a South Pacific energy superpower with profound implications for regional geopolitics.
What If Renewable Energy Replaced Fossil Fuels in the 1980s?
Exploring how an early transition to renewable energy in the 1980s would have transformed global geopolitics, economics, urban development, and the environment, averting the climate crisis while reshaping modern society.
What If the Industrial Revolution Began Earlier?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if mechanized production and industrial technologies had emerged in the 17th century rather than the 18th, fundamentally altering the trajectory of global development.