They hate energy, cheap energy, for what reason?
Because it allows the “commoners” to enjoy lifestyles that only the elite “should” enjoy.
The left claims to care about the environment, but whenever they get together in large numbers, there is trash laying everywhere.
Bingo. What really kicked off the environmental movement among the elite was the fact that the 'commoners' -- the rising middle class in the West, started showing up at places that were once their own private pleasure spots. It melded perfectly with Marxism in that the real enemy was not the aristocrats, but the Bourgeoisie -- i.e. the middle class.
The leftist environmental craze is nothing more than the self anointed elite "intellectuals" trying to maintain their elite status and privileges by attempting to destroy the middle class who they have always hated.
What good is it for the guy who is the world renowned expert in linguistics if he has to rub elbows with some peon who made millions by inventing a better mouse trap?