1 short cut to cutting demand is to copy everyone else around the world. Let cities get rid of single family zoning. Let go of pride and commute by bicycle. The energy consumption will drop by a magnitude. People's health will improve. We as members of society will see each other face to face more often, closing the polarization. Make the police walk and cycle around town, not sit aloof in their metal tanks.
The US would get explosive growth by not forcing such enormously inefficient car-centric cities.
The US would get explosive growth by not forcing such enormously inefficient car-centric cities.