Alright, how does your magic emulation work, does it not use the same "magic" resource that's present in the world? What does it run off of, and what does it [i]do[/i]?

EDIT: Before you answer, take a look at this. It's part of a convo I was having about this world with Hailfire. Kinda forgot that it wasn't common knowledge when I started asking questions. 

Magic is produced in stars, but there's a finite amount that can be used in a given time frame. A limited amount per day, as it were. People have a daily magic ration, which is set up through a system like tax and budgeting every year. People who don't use much end up having their ration cut, and will have to apply to have it increased again, with documentation of the reason they need it. Because magic is basically in the air, ration breaking is easy, but there's a sort of social contract that keeps most people from doing it. Ration breaking is also a very serious crime. Because it's considered disruptive, even damaging to society.

Most people use up their ration with magic utilizing devices. But not everyone uses such things, so a lot of people would actually have a Magic Ration of 0. 

When magic energy(let's just go ahead and call it Mana. This makes sense in a way, because it's literally something that's coming from the sky) is used up, or "burned" it can be detected and measured with scientific devices. Anyone who has a magic ration must have one of these monitoring devices on their persons, which will tell them their daily ration, and how much they've used. It also gives this data back to the Mana Conservation Committee, which is a worldwide organization that was formed under the UN when human population started to grow and people realized that mana was limited.

Using the same technology, large amounts of untracked magic can be detected and an investigation can be made into who was responsible.