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IT'S ALL ABOUT ENERGY By Mark Anderson Register for Future in Review now to take advantage of our summer pricing at $4,900. The price jumps up to $5,900 starting Sept 1. _____ Why Read: The role of energy in the global economy, and in political and military affairs, cannot be overstated. In this issue, we look at technology's role in energy and the total economic impacts available through new opportunities.
Author's Note: Earlier descriptions of this effort can be found in the shareable issue "SNS: The Universe in a Page: The Flow and Interaction of Energy and Time" (7/18/22).
Some time ago, I accepted an invitation from Warburg Pincus to keynote a meeting of investors in the oil and gas industries, held in Houston. No doubt they expected charts and a discussion about pads, drill rigs, prices, and cartels. Instead, I told them that they all had one thing in common: the covalent carbon-hydrogen chemical bond. That, I said, was the real basis of their businesses. Afterword, one person said it was the best speech he had ever heard and tried to hire me on the spot. Another said it was the worst. Welcome to the world of energy. The reason I picked today's title for discussion, rather than "The Investment Landscape" or "How Energy Drives Technology," or its flip, or "Tech Driving the Economy via Energy" - I picked this title because, the more you think about it, it's just true. Members will recall our uber-physics issue, referenced in the Author's Note above, "The Universe in a Page." What you may not know is that, after its publication, Berit Anderson decided a page was too long, and so reduced everything in physics to "The Universe in a Card," which, in metal form, became perhaps the world's weirdest, if not also coolest, petit truc. Front:
And back:
The opening salvo on the front says it all: "The Flow and Interaction of Energy and Time," followed by: "What is flowing? Energy." and: "Time is the interval we apply to measure the flow of energy." The obvious - and, I think, true - claim is that the above few statements are the umbrella understandings for all of physics. I have been handing out these cards to friends and acquaintances for a while now. Is it the most exotic collector's' item in the world? Sure. Do you have one? Not yet. Does Elon Musk? Nope. And this also serves the guerilla purpose of being a new way to evangelize the physics and concepts of my Resonance Theory. It's all true, so far, but if something goes sideways, this may still be the easiest way to get a free beer on a bar bet anywhere on the planet.
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