Henry Ford had a vision for an energy-backed currency, which was quite forward-thinking for his time. In the 1920s, he proposed the creation of an "energy currency" that would be based on units of energy, effectively linking money to the tangible value of energy produced. Ford believed that this system could reduce economic inequality and make wars unprofitable by decentralizing monetary control and basing it on a universally valuable and measurable commodity.

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