Batteries: How cheap can they get?

Re:Batteries: How cheap can they get? by deadfoxygrandpa on Thursday July 04, 2024 @11:25PM (#40879626)

there is a name for this "hypothesis" and other people have worked on the idea. it's called the "energy theory of value"

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Re:Batteries: How cheap can they get? by jauntywundrkind on Friday July 05, 2024 @01:23AM (#40880031)

Core belief of Howard Scott's Technocracy Now movement,

> At the core of Scott's vision was "an energy theory of value". Since the basic measure common to the production of all goods and services was energy, he reasoned "that the sole scientific foundation for the monetary system was also energy", and that by using an energy metric instead of a monetary metric (energy certificates or 'energy accounting') a more efficient design of society could be made

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement

If nothing else it's a fascinating lens to view modernity through.

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