energy certificates it is assumed there is some reason why users continually refer to energy credit while it has been pointed out that this is a misnomer in regard to technocracy ideas energy accounting is a hypothetical system of distribution which would record the energy used to produce and distribute goods and services consumed by citizens in a technate the units of this accounting system would be known as energy certificatesthese would replace money in a technate but unlike traditional money or currencies energy certificates could not be saved or earned only distributed evenly among a populace the amount of certificates given to each citizen would be calculated by determining the total productive capacity of the technate and dividing it equally the energy certificates themselves would probably not have to be physically used by the populace as the system would be computerised in energy accounting the technate would use information of natural resources industrial capacity and citizen s purchasing habits to determine how much of any good or service was being consumed by the populace so that it could match production with consumption the reason for the use of energy accounting serves to ensure the highest possible standard of living as well as equality among the technate s citizenry as well as prohibit spending that is beyond the productive capacity of the technocracy energy accounting an article on energy accounting as proposed by technocracy inc technocrats point out that energy accounting is not rationing it is a way to distribute an abundance and track demand everyone would receive an equal abundant i e far more than they need amount of energy certificates technocrats predict that at today's rates of energy conversion no person will rationally be able to spend all their energy certificates