I don't think it's a matter of position; it's a matter of basic physics and conservation of mass. We cannot put gigatonnes of carbon in the atmosphere and expect a stable climate, period.
You could still use carbon-based fuels if you put the carbon back in the ground, with carbon capture and storage. It's not clear that we have to do this immediately. There are hard value trade-offs about how much we value our grandkids versus ourselves. There's no simple answer about what to do.
But the statement that we can't keep transferring carbon from deep underground, the geosphere, to the biosphere is not a matter of opinion, it's just a matter of fact. It's a fact that's uncomfortable and a lot of us like to avoid, and the industry spends money trying to confuse, but it's a fact nonetheless.