No you definitely don’t sound dumb. The issue is that we need energy now, and fossil fuels are going to continue being used until we have the infrastructure for alternative sources. In short, our best alternative solution to fossil fuels is nuclear energy, which unfortunately has been politicized because people think it’s “dangerous” (it’s not). Wind/solar/hydro aren’t reliable enough to make up our base load which is why we still rely heavily on fossil fuels. Switching to nuclear could resolve all of these issues were discussing. I think if you continue going down the bitcoin rabbit hole you will find you naturally fall down the energy rabbit hole because of bitcoins relationship with energy. That’s how i gained an understanding of energy and the grid.