It isn't "clear" to oil executives and the coal industry that they're killing the planet. It's easy to revile oilsands, but how else are people going to live?

It isn't "clear" to oil executives and the coal industry that they're killing the planet. It's easy to revile oilsands, but how else are people going to live? "Why can't we just be more civil and talk about it", they're thinking. As a layman, the scientific consensus appears to be pretty one sides. The UN makes it clear that it thinks our current farming isn't sustainable (1) and that it's primary reason for the current mass extinction (2). More recent NPR take on it (3) (1) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/12/third-of-earths-soil-acutely-degraded-due-to-agriculture-study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/12/third-of... (2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Assessment_Report_on_Biodiversity_and_Ecosystem_Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Assessment_Report_on_Bi... (3) https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/08/748416223/to-slow-global-warming-u-n-warns-agriculture-must-change https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/08/748416223/to...