Evolved... Not "Alternate" Energy

Humans have survived by invention for approximately 100,000 years, roughly estimating the time since we began using quote-unquote primitive tools. Examples such as arrowheads to make tools and weapons to secure our foodstock, were enhanced by the use of flint to creat fire for safety and preparing foods that were either richer in flavor or even smoked and to be stored possibly. I speculate but the case in point is that we have invented and relied upon natural resources such as fuel created by epochs of incomprehensible geological processes and time scales.

However, today, thousands of generations later, we may know incredible amounts of detail about our primitive tools and primitive fuels, yet we fascinate ourselves in the details for the small scale of our brain's capacity is limited by the satisfaction we feel from dominating our tiny realms of knowledge.

This minuscule ken alleviates the painful mysteries of our domain. Knowledge is darkness and in human nature, that is equivalent to death in a very real sense of the world and the word. So it stands to reason that the next breakthrough, which far surpasses the primitive methods in potential utility, and however much we grapple onto our comfortable understanding of the status quo, must advance, evolve, and break away from the past utilization of fossil fuels.

I realized this for myself in looking at an Engineering Exam Preparation textbook, who's cover photo of a cut-away of a gas turbine. It reveals the true energy transfer mechanism, where the chemical energy of the fuel is released into the thermal energy of the air being pulled through the turbine. I recognize the diffusion flame injector technology, yet from the perspective of the turbine, with the 1st stage of nozzles shown as the focus, the awkward primitive ingenuity loses it's ability to satisfy the urge of the technologist. The technologist does not simply satisfy their needs or the needs of their family and customers, but strives for the most elegant and sustainable solution possible. The sustenance of the solution is in its energy source, yet we all avoid accepting that the sun is truly our provider.

Almost in an Oedipus demeanor do we turn away from our sun, and turn toward our Mother Earth for resources.
Hm....