Executive Summary This analysis examines the development of fossil fuel infrastructure and resulting socio-technical lock-in patterns across North America, Europe, and rapidly industrializing regions between 1900-2027 CE—a period now recognized as a distinctive and bounded technological era when viewed from our current perspective. Archaeological evidence illuminates how … [Read more...] about Energy System Path Dependency: Archaeological Analysis of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Development and Lock-in Patterns (1900-2027 CE)