I agree; of all the things to do with a resource that is in any way scarce, burning stupendous, gargantuan quantities of it wholesale probably isn't the wises

I agree; of all the things to do with a resource that is in any way scarce, burning stupendous, gargantuan quantities of it wholesale probably isn't the wisest. The problem is that the physical energy return on that process is better than anything else for the moment.