[throwaway_kufu]

Alcohol is an energy source just as much as carbs, fat and protein for sure...but the brain can’t run on alcohol, only ketones and glucose.

Your natural state is ketosis (that makes it the primary fuel source). And we are not talking about “prolonged fasting” or “abnormal conditions”, we are talking about natural states. So if you happen to kick yourself out of ketosis and start running primarily on glucose most people will burn through their glucose stores in just a few hours and their body will crash/shutdown to preserve the remaining glucose for the brain (think of marathon runners “hitting the wall” which doesn’t happen in ketosis, you basically have unlimited fat energy stores and your body will internally produce the limited glucose the brain needs)