Now is exactly the time for half measures - radical options proposed in the past largely failed due to their simplistic view of human nature.
We're actually getting there with electricity. Renewables - the very definition of a half-measure - are being deployed at a much higher rate than nuclear, which on the face of it is the ideal solution - but only in a world where megaprojects are delivered on time and within budget. Ironically China and Russia are doing great here - I suppose the secret ingredient is totalitarianism.
> I think most people, if provided the reasoning for it, would accept such pricing in when it comes to such serious global problems as climate change
That's a very charitable assumption.
There are many people who can't even begin to imagine, much less understand the issue at hand.
Going vegan because climate change and animal suffering is going to be a hard sell.