As much misery and death as can result from substance abuse, most narcotics can actually be beneficial (or at least not severely harmful) when using appropriate amounts the right way.
Burning fossil fuels, on the other hand, has only ever been a bad and EXTREMELY harmful (but lucrative) way of accomplishing things that could increasingly be achieved without it.
Good analogy, bad specific example.
As much misery and death as can result from substance abuse, most narcotics can actually be beneficial (or at least not severely harmful) when using appropriate amounts the right way.
Burning fossil fuels, on the other hand, has only ever been a bad and EXTREMELY harmful (but lucrative) way of accomplishing things that could increasingly be achieved without it.