Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'fossil fuels'

Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'fossil fuels'.

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 Climate Change Had Been Addressed in the 1980s?

Examining how our world would differ if decisive global action on climate change had been taken when scientists first reached consensus, avoiding decades of delay and accelerating environmental damage.

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.