As much as we try to argue otherwise, it's our default state. It's not conditioning, it's nature.

I think you're excluding a large group of people (1). The nature vs nurture debate on that one isn't clearly solved, but it seems one both needs the genetics and conditioning to arrive at an emotion based, rather than cognitive based, thinking system. Let alone to develop those specific triggers.

see electricity as an expense rather than something that reduces profits

An expense is something that reduces profit. They're the same :)