Wealth is energy and energy is wealth

April Sampson-Kelly (askpv@ozemail.com.au)
Sat, 4 May 1996 19:00:45 +-1000

Wealth is an abundance of energy provided as vegeatable and animal and =
other materials and or services.
Energy stores potential wealth.
A community can aim to contain its wealth by buying local products and =
services. It can also maximise its natural resources such as solar and =
wind, clean water and soil.
Through the passive use of free energy sources our energy supply is not =
limited. We can increase the storage of the energy supplied by the use =
of natural stores such as trees (which store water and sun through =
photosynthesis) We can increase storage of rain water with dams and =
swales and soil cover (mulch) and we can increase the capture of =
condensation with canopy on food gardens.
By ensuring that all persons in the community are valued and well =
employed we also maximise the communities wealth.
When we view wealth as that which comes from energy especially natural =
energy sources, we can see that we all have the potential for greater =
clean wealth.
One of the current abuses of wealth is the use of ancient stores of =
wealth to our own detriment - i.e. pollution from fossil fuels, loss of =
diversity from forest destruction, loss of soil from broadacre farming =
and more.
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Future generations are going to have two major debts to carry before =
they can even store wealth:
1. They will be accustomed to the false wealth levels enjoyed by the =
generations which used up fossil fuels (stored wealth)
2. They will be spending wealth cleaning up the mess. (and many today =
are already doing this)

We can aim to both enjoy clean wealth and store it for future =
generations. We can establish and develop cultures that are in tune =
with the resources they depend upon, we can all aim to be productive in =
a wide range of skills including being responsible for our food on the =
table.
April