The problem is those same executives then lobby against renewables, and against taxing oil for its externalities (which would also make renewables more economic

The problem is those same executives then lobby against renewables, and against taxing oil for its externalities (which would also make renewables more economical). So they're actively preventing the changing of that way of life. Just like plastic industry lobbied against reusable packaging, then when 95% of everything in the supermarket causes plastic waste, you go and blame consumers for not personally going to farms to buy produce directly.