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I'm not convinced there will be as many humans left by 2100. The ultra-capitalists certainly don't seem to be slowing down their consumption at all; fewer humans means fewer sources of emissions, so maybe the climate will right itself by pure attrition, on its part, and pure apathy/ignorance/greed on ours.
Yeah but all that probably gets cancelled out by the emissions of a WW3
Nuking the global economy into the ground could lower emissions. WW3 would also stop tourism, so further reduction...