{"slug":"oip-invariant-18-318-thermoeconomics-exergy-maximum-power","title":"Invariant 3.18 — Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power","body":"## 3.18 Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power\nEconomies are energy-processing systems; value tracks available energy. **Sources:** Georgescu-Roegen (entropy & economics); H.T. Odum (emergy, ecological energetics); Ayres (exergy economics); Lotka (maximum power principle). **Domains:** economics, ecology. **Dual:** — . **Tier:** T2 (heterodox but serious). **Falsifier:** durable wealth creation with no exergy throughput. **Maps:** A₂, A₄ (your own \"exergy destroyed\" language), Law V (alpha as energy price).\n\n---\n\n## Corpus map\n- Same invariant, other planes: [Catalogue node C19](/a/oip-node-c19-thermoeconomics-exergy) · [Encyclopedia C19](/a/convergence-encyclopedia-c19)\n- Inventory hub: [Convergence Catalogue — Public Article](/a/oip-convergence-public-article)","register":"oip_protocol","tags":["philosophy","oip","catalogue","invariant","systems-theory"],"category":null,"style":{},"claims":[{"id":"c1","text":"Economies are energy-processing systems.","section":"## 3.18 Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power","tier":"speculative","source_ids":[],"source_status":"unsourced","why_material":"Core definition of economies under the invariant."},{"id":"c2","text":"Value tracks available energy.","section":"## 3.18 Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power","tier":"speculative","source_ids":[],"source_status":"unsourced","why_material":"Core definition of value under the invariant."},{"id":"c3","text":"Durable wealth creation with no exergy throughput falsifies the invariant.","section":"## 3.18 Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power","tier":"speculative","source_ids":[],"source_status":"unsourced","why_material":"Explicit falsification criterion stated for the invariant."}],"sources":[],"prov":{"model":"Fable 5 (Claude Code)","action":"write"}}