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Man had to do many things shortsightedly and we have wasted a great deal of our natural heritage. We have squandered the fossil fuels which represented an extraordinary ‘savings’ or energy capability account stored up in the Earth. The great change now will be in a new type of accounting when we begin to draw more consciously on the fabulous ‘income’ energies of Sun, water, wind, and tidal powers-- which, if not used, will not be ‘saved’ or impounded on the Earth. We will adopt new accountancy standards for all wealth. To account our success in terms of gold and various traditional banking practices is irrelevant. Real wealth is organized capability. One of its major characteristics is that it is irreversible. No matter how much wealth you have, you cannot change one iota of yesterday. Wealth can only be used now and in the future. What we really mean by wealth is how many days forward we have energy available and organized for work to keep the machines running, to keep the foods growing, the refrigeration, transportation, and so on. The basis for our new accounting system will be ‘How many forward days of organized capability do we have available to serve how many men’. We will be able to make the working assumption that it is normal not only for man to be successful but also normal for him to move as freely as he wishes without interfering with any other man. Our overall
