This approach presumes that there is a viable alternative to fossil fuel infrastructure. As much as I like to put an end to pollution and global heating there is no alternative (renewables wont cut it for number of reasons). This leaves the elite with a choice of civilization with some activisim or no industrial civilization at all. Personally I opt for the later, with a managed de-growth (as much as this is possible) vs perpetuating the status quo which will end up in an overheated and ultimately uninhabitable planet.