From Hillary Shaw, Newport, Shropshire, UK
Collapse of our techno-civilisation, built on fossil fuels, would have dire and permanent implications for future technology. Where will survivors find coal or tin to dig out by a pit and ladder, or oil you can drill down tens of metres to tap? Such low-hanging fruit to fuel a rebirth of advanced civilisation is long gone. There may be no further technology on this planet until geology creates new near-surface reserves, millions of years hence. Perhaps this era will be the Telopisticene: the End of Science (9 December 2023, p 36).
