The analysis of Dirac-type equations introduces structural challenges, which are absent in wave or Klein?Gordon equations, due to their first-order, and spinorial nature. In particular, the natural notion of energy for Dirac fields is derived from conserved currents rather than stress?energy tensors. The main focus of this talk is a spinor-adapted geometric, current-based energy framework which treats Dirac equations directly, without reduction to wave equations. I explain why this shift becomes necessary in the presence of gauge coupling and discuss how Dirac currents, gauge-covariant vector field methods, and divergence identities naturally interact with the Maxwell field, which supplies decay through its own energy hierarchy. I conclude with an overview of the current status of the Maxwell?Dirac system near Minkowski spacetime