This paper reframes Feynman’s description of energy as “bookkeeping” within the MID/QC substrate model. Energy is treated not as an abstract conserved scalar but as a direct accounting of substrate tension redistribution, coherence gradients, and nonlinear wave interactions. The framework unifies diverse energy forms under a single substrate‑level mechanism and clarifies the physical basis of conservation laws.
Chadwick D Rasque (Fri,) studied this question.