Scenarios about 'fossil fuels'
Fossil fuels are combustible materials formed from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals, primarily including coal, oil, and natural gas. Their discovery and exploitation since the Industrial Revolution has powered economic growth and technological advancement while fundamentally reshaping human civilization, energy systems, and geopolitical relationships. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of fossil fuel discovery, usage, or technological development can dramatically alter industrialization timelines, environmental outcomes, and global power dynamics.
What If Climate Change Was Addressed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where global climate change was taken seriously and addressed effectively beginning in the 1980s, potentially averting the climate crisis facing our world today.
What If Nuclear Power Was More Widely Adopted?
Exploring the alternate timeline where nuclear energy became the dominant global power source, transforming our energy landscape, environment, and geopolitics throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
What If Pennsylvania Transitioned From Coal Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Pennsylvania moved away from coal dependency decades before our timeline, reshaping America's energy landscape, environmental policies, and regional economy.
What If Solar Power Was Developed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where solar photovoltaic technology was developed and widely adopted decades before our timeline, potentially reshaping energy geopolitics, environmental outcomes, and technological development throughout the 20th century.
What If The Anti-Nuclear Movement Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where widespread anti-nuclear activism never emerged, potentially transforming global energy production, environmental policies, and geopolitical relations in a world embracing nuclear technology.
What If The Paris Agreement Never Happened?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the landmark 2015 climate accord failed to materialize, drastically altering international climate policy and the global response to climate change.