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Yes it is. Much much faster.
There are several reasons, among which (the list is not exhaustive):
As a sidenote, and only somewhat related to your initial question: for a few years now, all IPCC trajectories that do not end up in widespread societal collapse and potentially human extinction rely on imaginary technologies.