References: Energy Backed Money

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard

Informative article about the gold standard.
(back to reference in chapter 1, chapter 4)

[2] http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/...

Money Stock Measures (Data for M2)
(back to reference in chapter 1)

[3] http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...

Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010
(back to reference in chapter 1)

[4] http://www.usdebtclock.org

US National Debt Clock
(back to reference in chapter 1)

[5] http://www.federalreserve.gov/pf/pdf...

Federal Reserve Monetary Policy
(back to reference in chapter 1)

[6] http://www.census.gov/Press-Release...

Census information about rising prices
(back to reference in chapter 2)

[7] http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15776

Quote taken from: The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes
(back to reference in chapter 2)

[8] http://usmint.gov/historianscorner/...

US Mint Coin Composition History
(back to reference in chapter 4)

[9] http://mises.org/story/2826

Ron Paul paper about returning to a gold standard
(back to reference in chapter 4)

[10] http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract...

1921 Article about Ford's Energy Dollar
(back to reference in chapter 5)

[11] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0815412800/

Book mentioning Edison and "the energy dollar"
(back to reference in chapter 5)

[12] http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/contents.html

Annual Energy Review
(back to reference in chapter 5, chapter 6)

[13] http://www.withouthotair.com/download.html

Online book mentioning: "today's consumption could be provided by a 1000 km by 1000 km square in the desert, completely filled with concentrating solar power"
(back to reference in chapter 8)