ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Florida's renewable sources, its stored reserves and the resources purchased from outside, and relate these to the circulation of money. Florida's many coastal counties receive extensive marine energies of waves and tides. Wind-driven waves are formed over the oceans. Many goods and services are purchased from sources outside the state, including cars and most things consumers buy in stores. The generation of electricity accounts for the use of about half of the energy imported to the state. The actual energy in information is tiny, but the energy is large. Information flow also includes control actions from outside, such as market prices, federal government regulations, and new technology. The economy of humanity and nature runs on non-renewable resources such as gas and oil as long as they last, as well as on the renewable sources that keep flowing in.
