yes, clearly such statements are stupid. But that doesn't get away from your ridiculous and pointless babble here --
''but we also need him to admit that oil and coal will be essential for decades to come before we reach a large % of renewable power generation''
your statement was every bit as stupid as the one you are now raising and complaining about ------------
yours has the added excitement of being pointless ---- at least the green person might get some kind of political spotlight on them for political purpose
As I said - anyone with a brain knows that gas is seen to be a large part of the transition period - and that oil will be used for decades -
we know that - it's not worth the time and ink to mention