Necessity is the mother of invention. But where is the father?

IT is predominant in the fields of technology &science and all other wings of science is playing second fiddle to it. There is a crazy trend among the young intelligent and bright generation to follow the mass and seek shelter in IT field. It is similar to over enthusiasm shown in cricket sidelining all other sports.As a result most of the crying  needs of our generation by way of inventions remain unfulfilled. We for example need more inventions at this stage to improve our energy generating methods substituting all hazardous and nonviable methods of fossil fuels, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar  etc. Our predecessors  were more brilliant to utilize their energy diversified and in a more intelligent way suiting the needs of the society, as we are today enjoying the fruits  of  it. So if there is concentration only in the field of IT and utilizing all our resources on it, not encouraging other fields as well, it will have a telling effect on the coming generations retarding the pace of progress of the civilizations.