This is outdated doomer propaganda. Solar and wind have equal or higher EROEIs than most fossil fuels, and given their technological trajectories, they keep getting better by the day, while the EROEI of fossil fuels keeps dropping (as observed by aforementioned doomers). This becomes even more clear when considering the massive energy loss involved in heat in fossil fuels, which renewables don’t suffer from, making the calculus even better in favour of renewables.