"One can tell instantly that his scale can’t stack up" Really? To me it looks the exact opposite. Why would we see this as the exact opposite from one another? I will tell you why, there are two paths we can take, worshiping the energy of Earth (Capital / stored energy), or worshiping the energy of the sun (Actual live energy from source).

To know which one is wrong, and which one is correct, we only need to think which one is infinite and powers all of nature, not just humanity.

Even religion warns about worshiping false gods.

The energy you think you see beneath your feet is the false god.

The energy you actually see coming from the sun is the thing of value, but it can't be had as capital, only Joules per second, lots of Joules per second.

Monetise that, and the problems are fixed, not just for you but for all people.