Perhaps by spending the money they have on things to make their society more future-proof, they will be able to prepare for this future. Pollution is not fungib

Perhaps by spending the money they have on things to make their society more future-proof, they will be able to prepare for this future. Pollution is not fungible so there could be an argument against digging up more fossil fuels for this preparation, but if you are cynical and think purely in economic terms there is no latent hypocrisy here. If we get to a world where fossil fuels are worthless, then society as a whole will likely be in a world unrecognizable from our own, and problems would likely be thought of in a different way.