“ Malo fau and many thanks 'Aisea for your reflective remark on the matter of energy, especially your spot-on philosophical critique of the intellectual and practical fusion and confusion between renewable energy, on the one hand, and renewable human use of energy, on the other.
I argue that the so-called law of conservation of energy from the point of view of both science and physics was long well-thought-out in philosophical ways in old Tongan thinking and practice in the broader context of ancient Tongan ako (education).
Herein, reality, that is, ta-va (time-space), on the abstract level, and fuo-uho (form-content), on the concrete level, is considered as me'a (matter) which is, in turn, regarded as ivi (energy), organised in terms of kula (red) and 'uli (black), as in mata kula/ava kula (red matter or red eyes/red holes) and/or mata 'uli/ava 'uli (black matter or black eyes/black holes).
The constant movement of ivi (energy) in reality by means of kula (red) and 'uli (black), as in peau/ngalu (waves) and matangi (winds) as both mata 'uli/ava 'uli (black eyes/black holes) and afi (fire) and pomu (bombs) as both mata kula/ava kula (red eyes/red holes).
Such constant motion of ivi (energy) in reality is reflected in the infinite manifestations of ta-va (time-space), in abstract ways, and eternal expressions of fuo-uho (form-content), in concrete terms, as in such variations as trees, knowledge and kinship amongst an infinite others.
With both depth and breadth, this is again clearly reflected in both ta-va(time-space), on the one hand, fuo-uho (form-content, on the other, as inseparable entities, where ta (time) is spatially-composed and va (space) temporally-marked, on the abstract level, and fuo (form) is substantially-formed and uho (content) as formally-defined, on the concrete level. ”