I agree that we need to use effective solutions, but the first and foremost of those solutions is a much more simpler one than reducing consumption. Every natio

I agree that we need to use effective solutions, but the first and foremost of those solutions is a much more simpler one than reducing consumption. Every nation (with rare exceptions) is currently burning fossil fuel for the single purpose of reducing costs. Fossil fuels are a cost saving tactic, saving money while producing pollution. An expensive fossil free energy grid would cause disruptions to consumption but at the same time it would also allow things to mostly be business-as-usual. It just shifts the priority to care about the energy efficiency when cheap fossil fuels aren't there to be burned. In contrast, trying to reduce consumption while keeping fossil fuels in the energy grid is unlikely to work. Consumers who care might reduce their own consumption a bit, but industries and every else will continue to draw more and more power from fossil fuel power plants and pollution will continue to rise. Public opinion will just grow more divided between those that self-sacrifice and those that don't.