The Root of All Good

LET’S SAY THAT the fundamental currency for exchange in the universe is energy. Even paper and digital money we handle each day is a proxy exchanged for and representing the energy we spent on someone else’s behalf.

The plant kingdom (with extremely rare exception) is very special in that its members directly use the energy from sunlight in order to grow. This process is called photosynthesis. People piggyback on plants to gather the energy we need. We call it harvesting. The energy from the sun