[hwillis]

> It follows that if the future of civilization is really at stake, adaptation or geo-engineering should not be unmentionable.

Problem: the balance of the planet has been seriously disturbed in largely unexpected ways due to very complex processes.

Solving this problem by a method other than reversing out changes is an extremely risky proposition and is virtually guaranteed to produce unanticipated fallout. Even at the small scale when we try simple solutions to complex problems, they are fraught with effects that are often worse than the problem was.