yes, you can't solve these problems with tiny band-aids, it requires significant structural changes. People have to live and act differently. My observation of the US from the outside is that this kind of adaption is next to impossible and would be unpopular. The timescales needed compared to the election cycles means politically it's near impossible without very widespread support. It seems it will require actual disaster scenarios to instigate change, even then, the US seems really slow to adapt. So I'm expecting that we will see slow piecemeal measures that are more palatable to the populace.
