What are the requirements for a High Energy Society?
When sufficient technology has been installed in a society that it is capable of providing an abundance to its citizens, then the rules of the game change. That is, technology behaves in a way that is different than people do. Currently we are trying to control technology by using the antiquated methodologies of people control, i.e. politics and money. Since technology behaves differently, and because it is doing over 98% of the work in our society, the situation has become dangerous. Greater emphasis should be placed on the proper control of technology because of its great power. What then are the requirements of a society that is operating so much technological power? 1) Register on a continuous 24-hour-per-day basis the total net conversion of energy, which would determine (a) the availability of energy for continental plant construction and maintenance, (b) the amount of physical wealth available in the form of consumable goods and services for the consumption by the total populati
