This was my point. Even if all material products are produced by nanotech
assembly and work eliminated by high levels of automation, energy will have
value in any quantity, although larger and larger quantities will be
preferred as technology driven demand increases. An obvious transition
with the advent of strong nanotech is from a strongly material-based/weakly
energy-based economy to one that is strongly energy-based with only minor
emphasis on materials.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com