[jacobr1]

It is a plausible that a larger, richer society can:

* more rapidly improve its technology, both to reduce energy use and to reduce emissions * afford to pay for mitigations of the problems that do occur * can consider larger projects like geoengineering * afford to slow its growth, it is easier to avoid the need for future growth when you are already wealthy * better make us of economies of scale to improve per-person efficiencies * specialize in the tasks required to managed a higher climate variance, energy production diverse and more rapidly changing world