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by ben_w 1866 days ago
1. Deal with it being not only hotter, but also there being enough CO2 in the air to significantly reduce human intellect

2. Kill 97% of humans (or whatever percentage, as that’s not what the headline actually means)

3. Geo-engineering to deal with the heat, but keeping all the cognitive impact of the CO2

4. Invent something to suck CO2 out of the air so cheaply that it can be cracked into the carbon-rich fuels people want to burn for a lower cost than just digging it out of the ground