The point that you're missing is that changes this equation a bit is that burning fossil fuels wastes most of the energy as heat another waste of energy is the

The point that you're missing is that changes this equation a bit is that burning fossil fuels wastes most of the energy as heat another waste of energy is the amount of FFs we use to ship FFs to other places. So together that means we don't need the same amount of electric power to do the same amount of work. That being said, keeping fossil fuels in the ground will always be better than removing CO2 for the reasons you said. We also seem to be growing energy demands instead of shrinking or stabilizing them which also makes the transition harder.