# Energy The cost and availability of energy sources is directly correlated with the cost of doing business and therefore the success of the economy as a whole. The more energy that is available, the more work can be done. The lower the cost of supplying that energy, the more economical it becomes for different use cases. Understanding how energy is created, distributed and consumed is essential to understanding economics. The most important thing to understand is that there is no perfect form of energy. Each type has benefits and detriments and the choice for which to use requires an understaning of the circumstances by which it is used and which trade-offs are associated with each. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://xponentialfinance.gitbook.io/xponential-finance/insights/bread-technologies/energy.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.