It’s simply a misdirection.
If some of these “renewables” actually turned out to be a viable energy source, they’d oppose it, just like they do with nuclear power.
Understand their motives, and you can predict their behaviors.
Understand their motives agenda, and you can predict their behaviors.
Agenda, baby, agenda. They are all about agenda. They set the agenda and we react. It's getting tiresome.
And to your point about them opposing anything viable: AMEN.