I get so tired of this "oil company" canard. Hell, the oil companies are some of the most active participants in the alternative energy boondoggles. There's a reason they became big companies in the first place, it's because they can sniff out a dollar. In the modern marketplace, that generally involves ingratiating yourself with government agencies and taking generous subsidies for crap like offshore wind farms.
There is something particularly infuriating about people whose only response to being challenged with contradictory information is to double and triple down on the original assertion. It would be nice if the GOP would ever even single down on an occasional issue.