Because they are blind ignorant sheep and believe everything they are told. Logical, rational or not. They have absolutely no concept of the law of cause and effect at all.
Short story... Once talked with a young environmentalist from Frisco going across country on a bicycle. He was bitching about all the stinky big rigs on the road ruining the planet. So I asked him if it would be better if all those 40 Lb boxes of oranges should be transported by bicycle.
He actually said “yes they should be”... That is the ignorant mentality we are dealing with behind all this impossible crap. I could not even muster the energy to explain all the reasons why that would NEVER WORK. He would never “get it” anyhow.
We are dealing with an alternate reality based on concepts that are absolutely impossible.
Yes, these “ geniuses “ are just guided by emotions. They lack the ability to think rationally. And they are now in charge! Scary!
Humanity relied on renewable energy for most of its existence. It was a really miserable existence! It were the fossil fuels which led to industrial revolution and changed the human life!