technofix

English

Alternative forms

• techno-fix

Etymology

From techno- +‎ fix, short for technological fix.

Noun

technofix (plural technofixes)

1. A technological solution to a problem.
   • 1991 May 20, Sharon Begley, “On the Wings of Icarus”, in Newsweek, page 42:

     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.

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

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

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

     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 […]

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

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

   • 2015 August 3, Tim Radford, “Stop burning fossil fuels now: there is no CO2 ‘technofix’, scientists warn”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.