"Whatever the future of Technocracy, one must fairly say that it is the only program of social and economic reconstruction which is in complete intellectual and technical accord with the age in which we live"
The Encyclopedia Americana

Technocracy has always insisted that the type of social operation it offers is not just desirable; it is necessary. Man cannot continue to live at all on this Continent without drastically changing his methods of management.

ENERGY ACCOUNTING

Functional governance would put into operation energy accounting of all flow lines of production and distribution. To measure the total amount of energy used by the North American Continent in a given time period.

A STATISTICAL SYSTEM

A Continental statistical system would record the selections of every citizen by their choices of consumable goods and services. This system would do the following:

(1)   Register on a continuous 24-hour-per day basis the total net                 conversion of (a) the availability of energy for Continental plant        construction and maintenance, (b) the amount of physical        resources available in the form of consumable goods and services        for consumption by the total population during a length of time        sufficient to allow all industrial processes to complete a cycle.

(2)  Make possible a balanced load of industry and services by means of        registering the energy converted and consumed.

(3)  Provide a continuous inventory of all production and distribution.

(4)  Provide a specific registration of the type, kind and quantity of       goods and services, where produced and where obtained.

(5)  Provide a specific registration of consumption by each individual.        This system will allow Continental health care service for every       person.

(6)  Allow all citizens the widest latitude of choice in consuming their       individual share of Continental resources.

(7)  Distribute goods and services as desired by every member of the        population.

(8)  All goods and services, educational, recreational, health       maintenance, transportation, etc.  available to all citizens.

Such technology as "smart cards," voiceprints or other record keeping innovations could be put to use enabling citizens to withdraw goods and services, as they prefer. All withdrawals to be electronically recorded to facilitate replacement.

MONEY IS INADEQUATE

Due to the fact that money is a debt, and hence cumulative, the amount could continually increase. With its property being negotiable, money leads to concentration of control in a few hands and to general disruption of the distribution system that it was supposed to maintain.

A Continental Energy Accounting System is not a medium of exchange or subject to fluctuation of value. It is not subject to theft or loss or hoarding or gambling; nor is it a means of wealth or prestige nor a means of creating debt.