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Triggernometry's recent interview with editor of Human​Progress​.org, Marian Tupy, reveals the deep confusion about energy resources that is embedded in neoclassical economic theory.

It takes energy to get energy. And if your energy system isn't productive enough, there isn't enough left over to live on. That matters if we want to move to very low productivity energy systems like "renewables".

Money requires energy. When energy contracts, so must money.

We can't produce what we haven't discovered. Oil discovery last year fell to an 75 year low. Production will follow.

You can't model what you don't understand.

Far more people die of the cold than from heatwaves.

Advice from your energy company to do star jumps to keep warm is more rational than printing money to build "renewable" devices that won't run without hydrocarbon.

Is the hydrocrbon supply durable enough to ensure the build out of the renewable energy system necessary to replace it? Sadly, no. This fundamentally shapes energy policy.

I built a Passive House—a house with such radically high energy efficiency that it consumes about 70% less energy than a conventional house. This brief article is about how it does that, what it's like to live in, and how its costs stack up. At the end, I’ll share some thoughts with you on potential implications of this technology for public policy.