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On an individual level? Probably not. As a group? Of course, just like it's been done many times before: through activism, building a movement, gaining momentum and critical mass, eventually culminating in regulatory intervention. We've beaten plenty of dragons before in our past, from leaded gasoline to women's suffrage.

I try not to attack big problems head on. Instead I ask myself, what can I change in my daily habits that will eventually, erode the dragon away? If the dragon is in a cave and I can dump a bucket of water in there every day, eventually the thing will fly away or drown.

Regulations can work. Sometimes even something as basic as disclosure can drive significant change. In contrast the oh there is just nothing that little old me can do approach is never going to work.

You can take practical fire precautions like clearing brush around your hut. You can make sure you have an escape plan and stay in shape.

Long term, consider making fewer personal offerings to the dragons and plan to relocate to an area with lower dragon density.