The person in the woodpile in this discussion is of course mankind and his inability to master and understand his exponential growth. There are limits to growth and climate change is but one of the limiting factors. Degradation of environment leading to shortages of food and water, the pillaging of natural resources etc. etc. If all this was solved overnight, then reverting back to the situation of the mid 20th century would take generations.
    The true problem is multifaceted. Science can recognise the problems and quantify many of the variables but the inability to master the exponential means that science has no hope of curing the problem in any acceptable way.