Wow, what if the U.S. had transitioned away from oil...

Progressives proposed that in the People's Budget, unveiled in 2011: clean energy, end fossil fuel subsidies, infrastructure jobs.

The plan was not advanced by the Democratic Party leaders who control congressional committee chairs and massive party fundraising arms. The history is a bit distant by now, and includes the 2016 Dem prez primary and the DNC... dive back in:

https://thebrick.house/billionaire-backed-democrats-killed-the-build-back-better-act/