I think 2020 was an unfortunate lesson: the painful crises that we _can't_ control can change consumption / emission more than all the intentional actions and p

I think 2020 was an unfortunate lesson: the painful crises that we _can't_ control can change consumption / emission more than all the intentional actions and programs by our governments. A giant pandemic, and a shutdown of a lot of normal economic behaviors resulted in a sharp drop in emissions, which was totally reversed in 2021. What if what the world needs now is a hard, damaging recession and perhaps another (or several more) disruptive disease outbreaks? I'm not saying that this would be _good_ exactly, but so far it seems like the only thing that really works.