Fossil fuels are a finite resource. True, there are other sources of energy such as nuclear, biomass, solar, thermal, hydro and wind. But these sources are inadequate to maintain the level of production and consumption we have reached. My bigger objection, though, is to the total paradigm of energy consumption being good for the world. Maybe it is good economically, though our track record on equitable distribution of wealth is dismal.
Growth is undesirable ecologically, however.
Let's stop hogging the energy. Let us Americans set an example for the rest of the world.