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by RONROC 1374 days ago
The only way to offset carbon emissions at this stage is that a lot of people will have to die, bringing demand and consumption down dramatically.

A war, famine, or general economic collapse (or all of the above) on a very large scale would technically solve this.

This is what I believe policy makers and corporations think, and of course, none of them are saying that quiet part out loud.