Fuck Energy

In 2019 I wrote the kinder gentler version of this blog post. You want the happy version? Read that. I still believe in the vast majority of it. But in 2026 — Fuck Energy. I’m so fucking tired of the fucking oil and gas business driving the terminology bus. This rhetorical spin of “Energy” and “Energy Superpower” is a fucking con-job, and I am so done. Energy from oil and gas means burning shit. It means putting carbon in the air, or spending more energy to sequester the carbon as you burn it. It means dirtying up your air! It means living a shittier life, spending your (personal or societal) wealth pumping up the bank accounts of oil producing nations. I THINK HUMAN THRIVING IS CONNECTED TO OUR ABILITY TO HAVE ENERGY BUT I AM ALSO AGAINST OIL AND GAS.HUH. ISN’T THAT A NUANCED TAKE. Technology Connections had a banger of a video talking about this in January (pre-Hormuz Cluster Fuck), and the point stands. You spend money on oil, you use it, and it’s gone. You spend money on Solar,…