Underneath every ideological system is a doctrinal belief, not always stated overtly, that reduces to an empirical claim that should be subject to falsification. At some point in the last 30 years, the center left somehow came to the weird view that oil and gas are invasive, unnatural, have to go, and humanity can thrive fine without them, sooner the better. This is so widely accepted in these circles that it is never questioned at all. Believing this is like a membership card in these circles. It is wrong. And yet it is an accepted belief, and a very dangerous one. With this one mistake, one can destroy the world and wreck the lives of billions, to the ruination of civilization itself. I implore all left-thinking people of good will to give it up. There is energy enough to power the whole of humanity forever just beneath surface. It is there to serve the cause of human life. It enabled vast expansion of prosperity and flourishing lives. Sorry but wind and solar, charming as they might be for some purposes, just won't cut it. The left-wing fatwa against oil and gas is flat-out wrong, a false belief. No fables about the melting earth or whatever are going to save it. If you really aspire to contribute to the good of humanity, this doctrine needs to be given up immediately.