@diedofheartbreak "the energy consumption is temporary" is same as oh that mine over there is just temporary and will not cause any damage. It is the exactly the same as capitalists talking about long term damage; even though the mine (polution) might be short term, it has unkown long term ecological effects. Plus renewables still has an ecological effect that most folks still don't take into account . E.g. mining rare earth, daming up water.