That is certainly salient. If we thought we could engineer a nice civilization, sin would rear its ugly head once more, showing that nobody could supplant God and trying to do so only opens a door to the devil.
But anyhow, the greater principle is that yes, this might prove a boon to mankind even though not a civilization saver. And God is perfectly copacetic with that. But the catch is, He really does want the glory. I had seen some earlier stages when a particular inventor was keeping it for his signature item. I could have told you that God wouldn’t bless that. Only when something goes open enough to be attributed to truth rather than to a person, will something be blessed.
Well, um... I dunno how we got from talking about LENR as a desalinization technology to the sin of mankind, but as far as I can tell, you speak wisdom and I agree with you. LENR won’t be a panacea for society any more than the reasonably priced automobile was. But it WILL affect civilization as much or more than automobiles, so it makes sense to keep a sharp eye on it.