If you really want to optimize for the long term, obtaining goodwill by not making the forced habit changes first would be better.
Earlier puberty in girls by several years, lower testosterone in men by more than 50% in two generation. Intersex fish. Some species are even reproducing asexually which for some was thought impossible.
This is NOW. TODAY.
CO2 has become such a convenient misdirection device that the industry uses to keep your attention away from rather current things that can very well implode life as we know it well before any "climate problems" actually become disruptive as these all other pollutants are today.
Why else do you think Exxon is rated 100% ESG compliant? Yes! They bought some credits or whatever, but still dump a few million tons of actual pollutants that destroy life TODAY.
Just keep everyone spinning on the carbon hamster wheels.
It's the green way.
Climate change is already affecting us, we’ve lost a lot of agricultural productivity because of it, and it’s going to get worse faster than it has in the past.
Both these issues have their roots in fossil fuel extraction. If we can eliminate the extraction, we solve both issues.
Semiconductor manufacturing gaves is few superfund sites in the US. Nothing to do with fossil fuels either.
The big problem is total lack of liability.
You can dump millions of actual toxins and poison literally billions and no jail time for anyone involved, not even a token patsy.