Persistence and expansion: a thermodynamic interpretation of civilizational continuity
Enrique Moreno
Independent · Open access · Interdisciplinary
Open Inquiry
An interdisciplinary journal of evidence, models and fundamental questions
An independent scientific publishing initiative founded by Enrique Manuel Moreno Pérez. A space for critical analysis, theoretical models, empirical evidence and fundamental questions.
2026 · Open Inquiry
Publications
The following works are available in the public Open Inquiry collection on Zenodo. Inclusion in the collection does not, by itself, indicate external peer review.
Structural Limits to Growth: A Multiplicative-Cost Framework for Energy and Resource Economics
Enrique Moreno
Editorial principles
Open Inquiry promotes intellectual independence, rigorous argument, transparency of methods and assumptions, critical discussion, and open access. Accepting a record into the community is an editorial curation decision and should not be confused with external scientific peer review.
Transparent editorial curationEditorial identity
Founder and editor: Enrique Manuel Moreno Pérez. An independent personal initiative without institutional affiliation. Madrid, Spain. ISSN: pending assignment.
The journal and its archive are under development. External contributions are subject to the community’s editorial curation policy.