You are correct that fossil fuels are behind modern civilization's benefits (and problems).  But just as climatology and oncology are sciences, so are geology and thermodynamics.  Much of the oil that Ore-is-gone uses flows through the Alaska Pipeline but that had declined three fourths in its flow since most of the Alaskan oil is used up.  Fracking for oil and gas has probably also peaked.  Global conventional oil peaked a decade ago.  It takes fossil fuels and minerals to make solar panels.  If we saw fossil fuels as a one time gift of Nature we might think more clearly about how to use what's left so our great grandchildren will have a better legacy than plastic waste, trash dumps and a ruined ecosystem.  Gold mining did not end in Cottage Grove because of environmental concerns, the ore is gone.  The early loggers (here and most other places) thought the old growth forest were inexhaustable, but they were wrong.  Go to the eastern US and try to find lots of big trees, they are rare