Here are a few articles on why alternatives do not come anywhere near fossil fuel’s energy-return-on-energy-invested and cannot ‘power’ our current lifestyles:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19300926

https://ourfiniteworld.com/2018/04/04/why-the-standard-model-of-future-energy-supply-doesnt-work/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/05/06/the-reason-renewables-cant-power-modern-civilization-is-because-they-were-never-meant-to/#6e0470d1ea2b

https://www.postcarbon.org/publications/searching-for-a-miracle/

http://unevenearth.org/2020/10/renewable-energy/

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2020/12/01/musk-electric-cars-will-require-a-lot-more-electric-power-than-we-currently-have-n1183962?fbclid=IwAR3bB8L2FMyeCyyHoas7p70TD5cyjmirAgLZ79f9VxGYTPEGOjNIMHIoT_g

https://www.manhattan-institute.org/green-energy-revolution-near-impossible?fbclid=IwAR15cAH-HDpz_uBxa9qegNQAHch_0YZSG07j_jm0YRfDXu2UdGZvU-tnFwk

https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2021/10/21/214-needed-a-new-model-tin-opener/

https://damnthematrix.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/another-study-on-the-eroei-of-solar-pv/?fbclid=IwAR0-xFdvD98m43c7ubxhzniZ9M–qZ96lRa-pDiiqXfZrokwiQazQf1bXDY

Here are a couple that explain why alternatives depend upon continued fossil fuel use:
http://www.bseec.org/renewable_energy_depends_on_fossil_fuels

https://www.friendsofscience.org/assets/documents/Renewable-energy-cannot-replace-FF_Lyman.pdf

http://energyskeptic.com/2020/renewables-must-help-pay-for-transmission-and-their-energy-storage-backup-of-fossil-power-plants/

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Energy-Transition-Will-Be-Impossible-Without-Fossil-Fuels.html

Here are a handful that explain why alternatives are inadequate for significant industrial processes we rely upon:
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/10/10/20904213/climate-change-steel-cement-industrial-heat-hydrogen-ccs

https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/report/low-carbon-heat-solutions-heavy-industry-sources-options-and-costs-today

http://energyskeptic.com/2019/can-concentrated-solar-power-be-used-to-generate-industrial-process-heat/

http://energyskeptic.com/2020/charcoal-for-the-high-heat-needed-in-manufacturing-after-peak-oil/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/shell-fossil-fuels-oil-future-renewable-energy-heavy-industry-power-a8247106.html

Here are some that suggest renewable sources’ production and processing also wreak havoc on the environment:
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-renewable-energy-threat-environment.html

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-renewable-energy-threaten-biodiverse-areas.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281550386_Environmental_Impacts_of_Renewable_Energy_Technologies

https://www.nap.edu/read/12987/chapter/6

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/08/the-curse-of-white-oil-electric-vehicles-dirty-secret-lithium?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_News_Feed&fbclid=IwAR3tOB4Q4YuUF-tv-6SFyUW_N-mweMHIqGA9_g4tD95ZHxdIoJzxZw1qFdY

https://hackaday.com/2020/12/02/the-dark-side-of-solar-power/?fbclid=IwAR2Nls2cubo_T3wdsvaQXdAHEPDLkUQ622oOweTZM-Hh86GlmsrpL5ROhy0

https://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2021/01/are-evs-good-for-environment-mostly-not.html

https://theconversation.com/solar-panels-in-sahara-could-boost-renewable-energy-but-damage-the-global-climate-heres-why-153992?fbclid=IwAR2SPr1mbYAbTXy-zO5VgvZhpAphpZunWE6CCiaeNTImGBbTPvkxaPK3LuY

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56574779?fbclid=IwAR1qxeELnh22GaPJWvJNMpXIFPQHz46gy668ElUXcZ3zEltMkFcEwIrZtOc

http://blog.gorozen.com/blog/exploring-lithium-ion-electric-vehicles-carbon-footprint?utm_campaign=Weekly%20Blog%20Notification&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=131502455&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7qQPaoaOiPDaj3Oxq7U4viu0G8uQVtbzoIEWcpmAwkM5gB13hyS2NrdWrhOIE7TM7qUQWH4yTTPXm3qS6LRT4kAMd6Q&utm_content=131502455&utm_source=hs_email

https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-everything-they-said-about-solar?fbclid=IwAR1OL6Yu30BYn-pTvVNuSwyoOgORBUhyb8RrZ0fr1YjFFhiuFpVeJKimjgg

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/05/23/if-solar-panels-are-so-clean-why-do-they-produce-so-much-toxic-waste/?sh=5ef5095c121c

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/climate/electronic-marvels-turn-into-dangerous-trash-in-east-africa.html

https://hbr-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/hbr.org/amp/2021/06/the-dark-side-of-solar-power?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16241641204897&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fhbr.org%2F2021%2F06%2Fthe-dark-side-of-solar-power

https://newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2021/08/27/sustaining-the-unsustainable-why-renewable-energy-companies-are-not-climate-warriors/

https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/outrage/outrage-the-hidden-cost-of-solar-panels?fbclid=IwAR1cSN4alW8INlL5XZkMS1zGEOLKqbPsGO0aBJ94e3eh4IEaq0UQMJbkJ5g

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17928-5

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/mining-the-planet-to-death-the-dirty-truth-about-clean-technologies-a-696d7adf-35db-4844-80be-dbd1ab698fa3?fbclid=IwAR2hKLmnZegvjYR3GrLGCkPofmkidvorzGukoyPHe9AJbWUWrkq89yX-9Rk

https://www.theepochtimes.com/used-car-battery-problems-take-shine-off-chinas-green-new-energy-vehicles_4106356.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge

https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2021/09/18/a-world-without-mining-a-necessary-goal-we-must-dare-to-imagine/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/09/the-environmental-impacts-of-green-technology/?fbclid=IwAR2_C5fAKAarOU67PwFVSEJRVK3j7eN415yZ1GoQN6u8i7SMEFMrw3D5iOI

And here are some bonus reads:

development/?fbclid=IwAR2hdXoGyYekF2vEWr_synGg7hfHI7MwcsU5HgFpIZ0uvhU9QTcNQX8fdsQ

https://citizenactionmonitor.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/net-zero-everyone-from-countries-to-companies-is-talking-about-it-but-what-does-it-really-mean/

https://srsroccoreport.com/green-energy-double-talk-begins-first-major-oil-producer-announces-deadline-to-end-oil-extraction-but-theres-a-catch/

https://medium.com/climate-conscious/the-sustainable-end-of-history-19e8dde664fe

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7m48d/capitalism-will-ruin-the-earth-by-2050-scientists-say

https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2020/11/30/what-oils-troubles-mean-to-the-rest-of-us

https://oilprice.com/The-Environment/Global-Warming/Why-The-World-Cant-Quit-Fossil-Fuels.html

https://consortiumnews.com/2020/12/16/our-distance-from-dirt/

https://markbrimblecombeblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/18/climate-change-and-the-mitigation-myth/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41247-020-00080-5?fbclid=IwAR3A-1R0yXn6OAoIa5mfNHWCn8w86muR1AjNem1cYbGw0OAMyYrLDarlk3g

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/02/wind-and-solar-energy-dont-work.php?fbclid=IwAR0qd_WzMDfqA4TRiGHNVLwVitwlELqSW6FTbPHArTM60Ye1h6TBcp3Cn8M

https://www.feasta.org/2021/08/12/the-age-of-low-tech-by-philippe-bihouix-review-by-mark-garavan/

https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/04/09/the-true-feasibility-of-moving-away-from-fossil-fuels/

https://fpif.org/climate-change-and-the-limits-of-economic-growth/

https://odysee.com/@DocumentaryForKevin:d/Bright-Green-Lies-(2021):6

https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2021/11/27/green_technologies_have_a_glaring_problem_of_scale_805367.html

Hydrogen

https://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-hydrogen-hoax-confessions-of-former.html

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/green-hydrogen-masks-mammoth-plans-to-wood-chip-forests/?fbclid=IwAR2Z-ufQHHEFjx0oVBKwfJPU4XhVyq0FtYe5yTbJinhaYzu_mhEBNcPvBGM

https://thehydrogenskeptics.blogspot.com/2021/11/greenwashing-in-tuscany-hydrogen-trains.html

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ese3.956

Wind
http://energyskeptic.com/2019/wind/

http://energyskeptic.com/2020/navigant-2013-offshore-wind-manufacturing-and-supply-change-development/

https://energyskeptic.com/2021/material-and-other-limits-to-scaling-wind-up-to-24-gw-by-2050/

EVs

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/22/deconstructing-electric-vehicles-on-the-eve-of-glasgow-cop26/

https://youtu.be/1gqbTHk4egw

https://youtu.be/_VbDgBZTUWg

https://motor-junkie.com/20-drawback-of-electric-vehicles-drivers-commonly-overlook/31416/?fbclid=IwAR1jO5zFKL_EHU63oXK3OsKijcRvEpeMOYOf-FMk7HYt65w77BDoHYVPlLM

Carbon Capture/Net Zero

https://news.stanford.edu/2019/10/25/study-casts-doubt-carbon-capture/?fbclid=IwAR3CRJCKMVGiZhIUmYLXGdgLf38ZjxVs24fb93AF_r0x1rEExmDoRae60qU

https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-concept-of-net-zero-is-a-dangerous-trap-157368?fbclid=IwAR3Y80mYmDL1gfJ7qKbY6DqWEHc4qBtXtEkbbwapIJNGla0Cox9T49LTzT0

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-net-policies-emperor-academics.html?fbclid=IwAR0A6feWm0cw8j-F6mLOIi84xDpCjo5bBFBiba1y4bHGQ8XXyrhAkVQULuU

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41247-020-00080-5?fbclid=IwAR3A-1R0yXn6OAoIa5mfNHWCn8w86muR1AjNem1cYbGw0OAMyYrLDarlk3g

https://www.theepochtimes.com/net-zero-policies-taking-from-the-poor-and-giving-to-the-rich_4112868.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge

https://youtu.be/PBcyAUtDTD8

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/11/26/why-big-oils-pivot-carbon-capture-and-storage-while-it-keeps-drilling-isnt-climate

Electrification

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2021/02/06/norway-proves-our-electrification-strategy-is-doomed-to-disaster/?fbclid=IwAR0XofXnWVgxR7h57yoOeA16C5M9oWbVmJDgI2vjasF3DANCUeXdtyVBs2w

Degrowth

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2020.1812222

https://longreads.tni.org/grappling-with-growth

https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/commentaries/cop26-illusions.html

https://sbi.sydney.edu.au/degrowth-the-promising-climate-change-strategy-no-politician-wants-to-handle/?fbclid=IwAR0DumpGXf8jY4W9mRSsn1ksPXu8WvEUlO4BtXs7_MqS9-SKex6RmSDSvRA

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/12/06/Andrew-Nikiforuk-Getting-Real-About-Our-Crises/

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