Ultimately you're right if course. The real problem is that half of the people on the planet either just don't care about climate change or believe in science,

Ultimately you're right if course. The real problem is that half of the people on the planet either just don't care about climate change or believe in science, and a lot of the other half are largely unmotivated. We need to tackle the hardest problem, which is changing hearts and minds. I don't have a suggestion here, just pointing out that we need to be honest about the real problem. It's like complaining about Brexit and/or Trump. Your problem isn't the situation itself, it's that half the population looked at an option utterly abhorrent to you and said "sounds good to me".