Social hierarchy is one fundamental aspect of social living, structuring interactions in families, teams, and entire societies (Gobel and Miyamoto, 2024). In the background of the contemporary discourse of social justice, many hierarchies in the socio-cultural sphere would need to be re-evaluated. In a situation where we need alternative solutions to energy sources that threaten the environment, we can´t reject any potential new solutions to search for the corresponding alternatives. In the presentation, I look at the activities and way of thinking of grassroots groups of alternative energy innovations and what mainstream scientific thought could learn from them. I theorize historical-social development in the context of progress and energy use. With examples from Estonian society we can see that the social development is based on energy and new technologies. Philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul has pointed out that man finds that there is “no exit” from current technological society to find again the ancient milieu to which he was adapted for hundreds of thousands of years (Ellul, 1964; 1954). We really need new and eco-friendly sources of energy to tackle problems we face as civilization. The concern of marginalized groups about our common living environment and clean energy sources is exactly the same as that of scientists. Can we say that science has it all figured out, so to speak? There are lot of disparage of grass-root think-tanks-like groups and individuals. Mainstream science seems to want to have hegemonic position of knowledge and the truth. However, dialogue and openness could help solve the tasks facing humanity faster and better. Science and dominant ideologies could certainly learn a lot from marginalized alternative energy activist groups.