From 2000 - 2015 the USA produced 95-100 quadrillion btu's of energy per year
The GDP was $10 trillion in 2000 and $17 trillion in 2015, increasing by 70%
60% of those 95-100 quads of energy per year are "rejected energy," losses to heat, friction, wear, and physics
That's how I see energy, climate, economics, politics when I turn on my solar lights.