Truly, it is the end of days.
I know you were being trite, but this attitude is part of the problem
Rome is burning anyway so we may as well fiddle
This isnt the end of days. There is no Second Coming. We still have a perfectly healthy planet. Yes there is a debt problem. Guess what - the US government could just default and start over again. Lots of countries default. No one gives a shit except the bond holders. Yes pensioners would be rekt. But they get screwed anyway. And the baby boomers have fucked everyone else so a bit of back pay wouldnt go astray.
There are lots of relatively simple solutions staring us in the face. Solar. Batteries. Hydro. Geothermal. Efficiency. We just need the will to implement them. And we are getting there. Just we have to deal with some bad actor politicians (and the PACs that fund them) along the way.