Citations:carboculture

Noun: "the era of human civilization defined by the burning of carbon-rich fossil fuels for energy"

 * 2005, Frank Niele, Energy: Engine of Evolution, page 130:
 * Still, today's energy challenge is unparalleled in history: the phenomenal 'ancient sunlight' stocks set free by carboculture must be compensated with incident sunlight to further socio-technological development, but sustainably.
 * 2020, David J. LePoire & Andrey V. Korotayev, "Conclusion", in The 21st Century Singularity and Global Futures: A Big History Perspective (Andrey V. Korotayev & David J. LePoire), page 607:
 * The factor of reduction in time between the pyroculture, agroculture, and carboculture are 42 (i.e.,500,000/12,000); and 30 (i.e., 12,000/400), respectively.