We got surprisingly close, so close that Exxon had a division on renewable energy in the 80s (but then decided to spend that money on lobbying and disinformation instead).

Climate Town has a great video essay on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MondapIjAAM

Every year we find out the people don't care because they are either (1) benefit from looking the other way, (2) are climate changer deniers because they truly don't believe it, (3) find themselves powerless to do something.

Do you truly think this gets fixed in any significant way?

Meh, the majority of people buying SUVs and flying for vacation aren't in their 80s ...