Isn’t it great that humanity never came to rely on fossil fuels for our energy needs?
Once wind turbines and photovoltaic cells were invented in the 1600s, they became such a feature of our landscapes that it’s hard to imagine masterpieces without them #vangogh #dalle2 A yellow-and-blue Van Gogh-style painting of wind turbinesA yellow-and-blue Van Gogh-style painting of solar panels
Two centuries before Van Gogh, Vermeer took inspiration from the new technologies appearing around him in the Dutch Golden Age #vermeer #dalle2 Solar panels in a field with a building behind, in the styleWindmills or wind turbines, with trees, in the style of Verm
All over the world, energy from the elements has enabled diverse civilisations to flourish, and captured the imaginations of artists like Hokusai in Japan, Frida Kahlo in Mexico, JMW Turner in England, and, more contemporarily, Etel Adnan in Lebanon #dalle2 Wind turbines in the sea behind a Hokusai-style 'Great Wave'Silhouettes of wind turbines on a beach, in the style of FriWind turbines in a pastel seascape, in the style of TurnerWhite outlines of wind turbines against a blue sky with a ye
Millions of people every year queue up to see Van Gogh’s famous ‘Solar Day’ #midjourney A gallery with people looking at a painting in a frame, a 'S
In the last century, the emergence of new ways of turning the elements into energy, such as the Brazilian solar sky initiative—seen here by Tarsila do Amaral—have extended our abilities even further. #midjourney A stripy landscape with solar panels apparently in the sky,
In the late 1800s the company we now know as Royal Dutch Shell was started by Marcus Samuel as a trader in seashells, and that’s what it remains today #dalle2 A clay? pottery? Shell logo on the side of a red building, l
.@jo_chamb and I were inspired by @djbaskin’s thread to play around with #dalle2 and #midjourney to imagine how our energy future—or rather present—could have been very different. What might our energy future(s) be?

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