I disagree, the pre-corona energy usage was desirable since it was a result of healthy economic activiy. What is not desirable is how most of it was fossil fuel

I disagree, the pre-corona energy usage was desirable since it was a result of healthy economic activiy. What is not desirable is how most of it was fossil fuel. To replace fossil, you need renewables to be cheaper or to compete with oil, this means oil should be used more but produces less so it costs more than renewables(which was the pre-corona trend). My opinion is, the focus should be on switching consumption to renewables one large milestone at a time. For example, diesel would be produced less and used more enough for a renewable alternative engine and fuel supply chain for cruise ships to make economic sense, then within a few years all cruise ships will be on renewable. Fossil fuel is not the enemy, fossio fuel dependency is. You can make similar economic arguments for more public electric transport for example (what people pay in tax is miniscule to what they pay for gas every year).