FMac - Just because hydrocarbons advanced humanity does not permanently restrict humans from moving on to something more advanced. Do you want to sit around a fire your whole life and chant "I make fire" like a caveman because it helped reduce stomach issues by cooking the deer compared to eating it raw? Lets get a Tesla Solar factory, grants to retrain oil workers to build solar panels, and advance! Easy solution, still get paychecks don't argue about nonsense like methane in my backyard is good for me and nukes are perfectly safe and 100% clean, etc.