There is two sources of energy that are cheaper to get in energy cost than they produce. Carbon and uranium. Carbon fuels are very high density such that the range of vehicles can be over 80lkm. Wind and solar and tidal are just converters that break before they break even. The reason is the mechanical and electrical integrity of them comes from their materials, and the conversion destroys it.

Renewables should not include capture and conversion. Only biofuels, which displace food production capacity, and wood are renewable. Both are more primitive carbon sources. I think that people do waste a lot of energy with their constant motion.

Furthermore, the 98%+ driver of weather is the sun. Volcanoes and faultlines release more CO2 and methane than humans, by orders of magnitude, by which I mean 1000x, at least. And it doesn't really make any difference except when it causes cooling.

Our planet's history is of mostly ice ages punctuated by warm periods where the permafrost is as far to the poles as now. It was warmer, a lot warmer before. CO2 helps plants cope with hotter conditions and leads to higher biomass.

Carbon is life. Being against carbon is not just misanthropic, it's against life itself.