We already have money that doesn't take any energy to create and look where that got us. Gold is proof of work and look at how that has stood the test of time.

We already have money that doesn't take any energy to create and look where that got us. Gold is proof of work and look at how that has stood the test of time. Ultimately, money is a high-level form of energy. It's only natural that it takes energy of equal value to create it.