"No Civilization Ever Becomes Spacefaring Without Energy" — The Adair Hypothesis - PWR 279
Terry Adair's answer to the Fermi Paradox isn't about biology, intelligence, or consciousness. It's about energy. His thesis: life will be carbon-based, nothing else. No advanced civilization can ever become spacefaring unless they have access to dense, accessible energy. Coal. Oil. Gas. The same ancient sunlight that built every modern…