Granted Energy = Money but there was a different mind set then. I went to a state college in Texas 1950-1952 and room, board, books and tuition cost my parents less than $2500 for two years but anything else I had to work and buy for myself. I had a part time job in our massive dormitory where I lived that paid 50 cents/hr and on that less than $7 per week I had a good life. There were certainly no frills and I spent most of my time studying engineering subjects. BTW: My prewar Nash 600 got something over 25 mpg but the battery was shot and I had to park on a hill or have lots of pushers. Pushers had a different meaning then. I immagine the population has doubled since then and twice the people living on essentially the same amount of resources or less is at least part of the price increases. I haven't visited anyone going to college but I would immagine their living a lot better than we did with two men to a ~130 sq/ft room. Two beds, two desks, two chairs and two wall lockers in each room.

Wrong. Energy = money,
but money doesn't = money.

Energy is depleting and going up in value. Money is not depleting, and at some point will go down in value. Now credit = money,
but credit is depleting and therefore, for the moment, increasing the value of money. But if you print enough money, then you can stop credit from depleting since everyone gets paid off, in depleted money.

Understand?

The solution to the whole problem is quite simple: just print more energy.