Fossil energy minimum viable scale

Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out.

Authors

Joshua Lappen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0589-8304)
Emily Grubert

Institutions

University of Notre Dame (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Science
Published: 2026-01-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea0972
Citations: 1
Primary Topic: Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 9.79

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Fossil energy minimum viable scale

Joshua Lappen, Emily Grubert

Jan 29, 2026

1 citations

Science

Global Energy and Sustainability Research

9.79

article

Fossil energy minimum viable scale

Joshua Lappen, Emily Grubert

January 29, 2026article en

1 citations

Abstract

Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out.

ScienceVol. 391(6784)

University of Notre Dame (US)

Openalex Percentile: Top 4%

Global Energy and Sustainability Research

9.79

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