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The efficiency of fossil fuel energy sources is in their energy by volume. That's is and has always been their main benefit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Sort and compare. Battery technologies, even state of the art ones, are an order of magnitude worse than fuels for energy density. This matters immensely in transport, less so in stationary energy.
Sorry, these sensationalistic headlines just irritate me. I'm all for avoiding the externalities of oil based energy.
As much as that's true you cannot recharge your old fossil fuel like you can with a battery so you are really replacing your energy source every time.
Considering that we knew that everything is finite, we do have to transition at some point anyway.
You recharge your storage device (a metal tank) by pouring in more liquid over 30 seconds. That ease of use combined with how energy dense oil derivatives are is such a massive benefit for them.
The problem with fossil fuels is that they are slowly choking our planet, except for that they are phenomenal energy sources on who's backs the modern world was built. That is why it is so hard for us to transition away from them.