technofix

plural technofixes · alternative techno-fix

1. A technological solution to a problem.

   It would be unwise, however, to assume that such technofixes will always be available.

   1996, Anthony M. H. Clayton, Nicholas J. Radcliffe, Sustainability: a systems approach, page 66

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   The appeal of a techno-fix is simple: it promises to cure problems without requiring society to change the habits that caused them in the first place.

   1991 May 20, Sharon Begley, “On the Wings of Icarus”, in Newsweek, page 42

   Much of the effort reflected in the chapters in this book is concerned with going beyond the technofix of designing new, more environmentally friendly cars, to confront the more difficult challenges of institutional, cultural and social change[…]

   2006, Paul Nieuwenhuis, Philip Vergragt, Peter E. Wells, The Business of Sustainable Mobility: From Vision to Reality, page 14

   Such huge behavioural change depends on knowledge sharing on a pan-species scale, rather than on fragmentary technofixes.

   2010, Julian Cribb, Tjempaka Sari Hartomo, Open Science: Sharing Knowledge in the Global Century, page 9

   The research, published in Nature Climate Change today delivers yet another demonstration that there is so far no feasible “technofix” that would allow humans to go on mining and drilling for coal, oil and gas (known as the “business as usual” scenario), and then geoengineer a solution when climate change becomes calamitous.

   2015 August 3, Tim Radford, “Stop burning fossil fuels now: there is no CO2 ‘technofix’, scientists warn”, in The Guardian