Anyone that says we can’t switch to other modes of energy, we absolutely could. It just requires us to put the same amount of subsidies we already give oil and gas to other industries instead, but that would hurt shareholders of oil companies! We care very much about those shareholders.
The American oil and gas industry is heavily subsidize by the government. So we get an artificially lower price of gas and oil then most places in the world. However our pool companies will still export and use the market price to increase gas prices. The entire system is rigged to keep us addicted to oil. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/5-hidden-ways-the-government-rigs-the-market-in-favor-of-fossil-fuels/
Anyone that says we can’t switch to other modes of energy, we absolutely could. It just requires us to put the same amount of subsidies we already give oil and gas to other industries instead, but that would hurt shareholders of oil companies! We care very much about those shareholders.