Brother, Can You Spare Some Surplus?...........................................................165
Endo vs Exo .......................................................................................................167
Energy Part 3 – The 5 Pools of Carbon .................................................. 169
The Bountiful Presents from the Past..............................................................169
Soil .....................................................................................................................171
Trees ..................................................................................................................174
FromSea Creatures to Gasoline (Oil) ..............................................................176
Coal....................................................................................................................178
Natural Gas.......................................................................................................181
Energy - Part 4 – Our Fossil Armies...................................................... 185
Our Fossil Slaves… ............................................................................................185
When Ancient Sunlight Meets Modern Machines..........................................188
The Strength of Superheroes ...........................................................................190
The “Trade” - Replacing Human Labor with Fossil Energy ............................192
The Coupling: Energy and GDP........................................................................195
The Metabolismof Humanity ..........................................................................198
Gross World Burning ........................................................................................200
Energy and Stuff!..............................................................................................202
Energy Part 5 – Energy andMoney...................................................... 204
What is Money?................................................................................................204
What are “Jobs,” Exactly? ................................................................................206
How is Money Created?...................................................................................208
What is Debt? ...................................................................................................211
“A Fuel” and “its Money!” are Soon Parted… .................................................213
Helicopters and the Future ..............................................................................216
Energy Part 6 - Energy and Technology ................................................ 219
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