Couldn't agree more. We have so much untapped clean power radiating down onto our planet in the form of solar energy. Enough to provide every single human being with an energy budget far far in excess of a typical American.

Yet so many people only fixate on the "solution" of "you must use less and have a shittier, less-comfortable life, there is no other way!".

We are a civilization that fundamentally requires energy for all our wants and needs. People need to get over that and focus on gathering energy cleanly.

If energy is like money, then this is the old 'increase your income or decrease your expenses' dilemma. Increasing income is naturally the more desirable option, decreasing expenses can still be a reasonable temporary measure until you can get that promotion/career change/side hustle off the ground.

We will need to overprovision solar and wind for winter so yes electricity will likely be abundantly available most of the year.

Load shifting would certainly help achieve the goal

The abundance agenda!