The mob is stupid - but not so stupid as to understand energy resources are finite...

'Renewable Energy' is about convincing them that it does not matter if oil runs out == we will have transitioned off fossil fuels long before that happens.

Notice the PR - how many countries have stated they will ban petrol and diesel vehicles by the end of the decade... obviously that is impossible... however it convinces the mob that the transition will be complete in the near term.

And they don't panic.