This is kind-of a non-sequitur to begin with, but we should not be burning oil to make energy— it's stupid. We should stop doing that as fast as is possible, and the culture war element mentioned by the person you're replying to is a obstacle that needs to be dealt with. As you're keen to point out, it's useful for manufacturing many vitally important things, so no longer setting it on fire is the only sane move. (Among many other reasons.)