I agree with your statement, but as a broader statement about "fixing the problem", I think that we also shouldn't discount the importance of political capital

I agree with your statement, but as a broader statement about "fixing the problem", I think that we also shouldn't discount the importance of political capital as a resource that is necessary for solving the problem. At a local level, where carbon emissions actually happen, there's a wide variety of support for varying technologies depending on where you're at. Sometimes this is an existing technology and sometimes it might be a new technology. Solar wouldn't be where it is today if it weren't for moonshot projects just a few decades ago.