# Invariant 3.18 — Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power

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## 3.18 Thermoeconomics / exergy / maximum power
Economies 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).

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## Corpus map
- Same invariant, other planes: [Catalogue node C19](/a/oip-node-c19-thermoeconomics-exergy) · [Encyclopedia C19](/a/convergence-encyclopedia-c19)
- Inventory hub: [Convergence Catalogue — Public Article](/a/oip-convergence-public-article)