A post-scarcity civilization would replace money with a system based on usable energy and codified knowledge.

Thermo-Informational Accounting tracks wealth using the physical principles of Exergy and Functional Information. This framework moves beyond social constructs like gold or paper currency to measure the actual capacity of a society to do work. We assume that some form of money will always be necessary to organize human activity. This model proposes that a Type-I civilization would instead manage its resources based on the laws of physics. It provides a blueprint for an economy that values survival and complexity over simple accumulation.