In an eagerness to integrate new materialisms, energy, and religion, it is important to acknowledge that with only a couple of exceptions, energy humanities scholars have shown a reluctance to engage new materialisms. This is not merely the result of simple disciplinary divides. After all, energy humanities approaches often seek to disrupt received divides between the humanities and sciences just as do new materialists. Instead, this chapter suggests that this reluctance reflects current tensions between various materialisms—feminist, animist, new, and historical—around asserting, disrupting, or blurring nature/culture divides. These divergences come to the fore around ethical concerns specific to the history of energy cultures and the role of spirit and matter in them. Consequently, this chapter will theorize reasons for a hesitancy on the part of energy humanities scholars to engage with new materialisms, draw some conclusions on where that reluctance is well placed and where it paints with too broad a brush, and finally pose some initial moves toward an energy critical materialism responsive to these concerns.