More than 3.5 billion years ago, a species of bacteria created a dye that could transmit the energy of the sun to fuel its growth. These were the cyanobacters, that soon formed large mats of blue-green colonies that would grow in laggoons and flats for many years, layer after layer, forming famous structures known as stromatolites. These mats would often collide in their thirst for real estate to consume the sun's energy, forming intricate boundary patterns in their struggles.
Slowly, a poisonous gas that was released by the great energy consumption of the cyanobacters known as oxy-gen began to build and pollute the atmosphere. Life prior to this had been anaerobic, and oxidation destroyed metabolisms and ecologies around the earth.
Slowly, though, as oxygen levels increased, other lifeforms began to adapt. One grouping of methanogens and fermenters fused together into an elaborate, larger, more fluid form of life known as the eukaryotes, from which multicellular organism like plants, animals, and fungi formed.
The moral of this story: energy is the true illuminatus that controls the future of life. We all need it as our food to drive our continued existence as lifeforms. There have always been wars about energy, and there always will be. There has always been pollution associated to the consumption of energy. Often, species die as a result, but sometimes the adaptations that result create new and wondrous phenomena.
Sometimes this could be admitted, though. And sometimes, it might be a good idea to pay more attention when it is occurring, to make sure the right people win for the right reasons...
