That's wrong. That's the sales pitch, but no one seriously believes that the "renewable" "green" economy will ever be able to replace the standard of living the developed world currently enjoys, let alone allow the third world to rise to those levels. Rather, the hope is that this new economy will somehow provide a soft landing as the first world descends to engery consumption levels roughly equivalent to the developing world, but about 20 years ago.
They just hope you won't notice before it's too late.
The ‘Elites’ want us to live in the 19th Century, while THEY LIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY.....................