Forum Post: We Need The Electric Standard

I feel the federal government should invest in eliminating our fiat currency and phasing in a new federally controlled Electric Standard. The States will elect a member to chair the board that controls this - allowing a more stable leadership. The Gold standard is outdated and still has some flaws. However, the Electric Standard can be proven to be a balanced equation. The idea is that as our consumption of electricity increases, we will be consuming more as an economy and thus needing more money supply in circulation. So the capacity to generate electricity will be directly related to our need for currency. In my vision Money Supply = Consumption of Electricity + Export of Electricity + National Storage Capacity of Electricity We can earn money by exporting electricity -- now there is a thought. Can you imagine HOW MANY small businesses would spring up and eventually the United Sates of America could be selling our own energy to the world...think about it. Thomas Edison and Thomas Jefferson brought this idea to the table at the creation of the U.S. Constitution. The reason the idea did not take hold is simple, how vast was the electricity consumption back then? The other writers could not envision it - so it was simply not accepted. I need help with getting this idea to catch on. It is not complete and needs some serious consideration from those educated in economics. Ultimately I feel that OccupyWallStreet represents "a broad based frustration" as Obama said himself. I am one of the frustrated. I can see what is happening but feel powerless to do anything.