[yellowapple]

> I, for one, need many thing from basic food to nice music, but energy on its own in not in that list.

Energy is a dependency of both of the things you listed - and an abundance of energy makes those things more accessible to more people, yourself and myself included.

[rixed]

It's also a dependency of everything detrimental. My point was: it's not central in itself, but is framed to appear so because of ideology.