If humanity had a tech tree, we'd be doing *shit* on the electricity generation part of it. Like, we unlocked some basic upgrades to nuclear reactors and some almost decent renewable generators, but we've pretty much decided "Fuck it" and put most of our points into completing the fossil fuels path, despite the fact they have rapidly become the *worst* part of the tree. Sure, they don't require many upgrade points and are decent early on. BUT THE OTHER PATHS GET SO MUCH BETTER!
Thankfully, some organisations and countries have realised the fossil fuels path is shit and have started on the other trees. Unfortunately, the government of my country (the US) has decided to go all in on the fossil fuels path. Ugh.
VG metaphors
And they're not even really going all in on it! They're just sitting where we are now! (Not that there's much left in that part of the tree)