I'm not entirely sure how but in the past two years, I've become a believer in the capitalism structure for the markets and that it's
able to solve any given problem (including what you're saying). Capitalism just needs to get nudged into a direction and the solutions will be a product of markets.
To elaborate my point, through government subsidies:
- American has seen massive production of food (so much that we waste an insane amount every year)
- Massive creation with minimal resources (via petrol innovation; even if y'all don't like it, it was an easy win for society and we're living with the second order effects)
- Vehicle fuel efficient rise
- Green revolution is almost profitable without government subsidies.
I'm not an economist but the game theory does seem to playout in such a way, for the past century, to confirm 'we'll find a way, given a nudge in the right direction'.