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And would that be so hard? * Stop driving petrol and diesel cars. * Use public transport instead. * Make all new public transport electric – recharge buses at bus stops, etc.. Put in place infrastructure to support this. * Travel less. (The response to COVID-19 proves this can be done.) * Stop burning fossil fuels in power stations. * Use less (peak) electricity. * Turn lights off, turn down screen brightness on computers and phones, don't watch as much television, use less water, run washing machines overnight and at lower temperatures, buy energy-efficient, etc.. * Charge batteries when supply is high, release electricity back when demand is high if battery-powered devices won't be used. * Make the price correspond to the actual cost; if a fossil fuel power station needs to be turned on to meet demand, charge more for the electricity so provided. * Industry could probably do something about this, too; I hear they use a lot of electricity. Monetary incentives might help… persuade them, if they're still run by adults. * Turn off unneeded fossil fuel power stations. * Replace fossil fuel power stations with renewables, and perhaps nuclear if it can be kept clean and safe. * Stop burning fossil fuels in aeroplanes and overseas shipping. * Buy local. Make this a strong demand, when you buy stuff. * Put information about supply chains on products and stuff. Clear information, visually laid out in a graph or on a map or something, without missing out any intermediate information. That way, people can tell whether things have been shipped in shipping containers, and whether "grown in France" means "travelled by lorry to Bayonne from further away than just getting it from Navarre". * Perhaps something about tax? Tax seems like an adulty solution for people who care more about money and politics than saving the world, but it seems to work kind of well when nobody seems to care about the w

What makes you say that? I'd say it's about 50/50