While Green is certainly the way of the future it has a LONG way to go. Most of the big oil companies stock has dropped a ton with oil prices the last year. Shell, BP, Conoco. Phillips 66 is holding strong still I believe.
I actually just dumped a few grand into some oil company stocks last week. Big name companies, because I feel very positive they'll bounce back, at least somewhat. To be honest, right now I almost feel better investing in someone like Shell or BP than my VTSAX. The oil companies are 50% of what they were, while VTSAX has been skyrocketing until this year.
Of course 90% of my excess money will still be dumped into VTSAX because I believe in the long term math, but I am toying around with dumping a decent chunk more into oil.
I also work in the oil field for one of the major companies, so I can vouche for the industry from my beliefs.
I'm glad you started this because I've really been wanting to discuss it. I'm really fighting the urge to dump another bigger chunk into oil.