Introduction
Part 1: Defining the Problem
1. Energy Accounting: Sources of Ambiguity
2. Energy Analysis: the Troublesome Birth of a New Domain of Knowledge
3. The Aggregation of Energy Flows at the National Level
4. The Proper Use of Semantic and Formal Categories in Energy Accounting
5. Energy Flows Under Human Control: Energy Input, Power Capacity and Human Labour
6. Cutting Through the Confusion in Net Energy Analysis

Part 2: Proposing a Solution
7. In Search of a Richer, Integrated and Multi-scale Accounting Protocol
8. Concepts, Ideas, and Representations Underlying the Multi-scale Integrated Accounting of Society's Energy Metabolism
9. Dual Accounting of Energy Flows and the Characterization of the Metabolic Pattern Across Hierarchical Levels
10. Studying the Feasibility and Desirability of the Metabolic Pattern of Society from Within
11. Using the MuSIASEM Approach to Check the External Constraints on the Metabolic Pattern of Modern Societies
12. Using MuSIASEM for Studying Scenarios Based on Alternatives to Fossil Energy
Conclusions: Where do we go from here?