Reply #93: Could the effects of global warming actually curb global warming?

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Let's say that the destruction wrought by climate change does indeed cause a mass human die-off. And add to that the fact that our oil supply is rapidly on its way out. It seems that in the next few decades, our abilities to cause further pollution and environmental destruction could be greatly diminished. Is there a chance, then, that this could act as a kind of natural check on climate change? Or will the positive feedback mechanisms already be out of control by the time our species is sent back to the (non-polluting) stone age?

Not to diminish the horror that a massive die-off would be (and I'm talking especially about the non-human animal kingdom)--but it seems to me that the distant future may not be as bleak for whatever survives the 21st century.