Power, Depletion and Energy Quality Model of Thermo-industrial Civilization

Abstract

The current thermo-industrial civilization is critically dependent on fossil fuel energy sources. An intuitive model capturing the interplay between economic activity, physical power consumption, depletion and energy quality is presented.

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