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Technological, Energy, and Organizational Limits to Material Progress: A Historical Perspective

University of Toronto

This article examines the social, technological, and energy limits to growth from a historical perspective. Various suggestions to surmount these limits are evaluated and found to be wanting, especially in the face of a rapidly evolving energy crisis as the era of oil comes to an end. It concludes that there are genuine reasons to be concerned about the human prospect.

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 22, No. 4, 297-317 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0270467602022004005


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