Nothing gets done without energy. Everything that happens in society—the growing of food and fiber, the mining of minerals, the manufacture of goods, the transport of goods and people, the heating and cooling of buildings—all require an expenditure of energy. And, so do the services which we call health care.
But, in a world in which energy is becoming increasingly expensive, our energy-intensive health care system of sprawling hospitals, highly engineered pharmaceuticals, and vast armies of nurses, technicians, doctors, insurance clerks and case managers is starting to wobble. The high c
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