[migf]

Yep. We need massive new sources of green power generation, probably nuclear until fusion gets going. We need to build stable liquid hydrocarbons and inject them back into oil wells, and build new coal mountains to replace the ones we extracted.

It's a completely insane amount of energy and effort, and every fossil fuel we burn makes it harder.

I think it's possible and worthwhile. It isn't really any more cartoonish than the wastefulness of our current material culture.