Exactly this. Other energy and climate experts have argued similarly, eg Professor Kevin Anderson and said we jave to shift to an energy reduced lives abd we cant realky excpet the developing world to cut back their near non existent energy use. Eg Amaericans coikd cut thwir energy use in 1/2, half again and then half again and still use WAY more energy then most of the peoples of the workd.

We can transition to a planet with a CO2 balance but we can’t do that living the same lives. Ride a bicycle and take a train, only build and live in small well insulated medium density housing, no flying, no cruise ships, much less meat and way less meat eating pets etc etc this would necessarily lead to a much lower cost of living, a healthier and better adjusted population…

What we are doing is slapping up a few solar panels and increasing energy demand so quickly renewables aren’t even supplanting existing fossil fuel use, let alone stopping fossil fuel growth