Grist: The brutal logic of climate change mitigation

[marmar]

The brutal logic of climate change mitigation

by David Roberts
8 Dec 2011 6:25 PM


In my last post, I discussed a new peer-reviewed paper by climate scientists Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows. It paints a grim picture:

* The commonly accepted threshold of climate "safety," 2 degrees C <3.6 degrees F> temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, is now properly considered extremely dangerous;
* even 2 degrees C is drifting out of reach, absent efforts of a scale and speed beyond anything currently proposed;
* our current trajectory is leading us toward 4 or 6 (or 8 or 10) degrees C, which we now know to be a potentially civilization-threatening disaster.

Like I said, go ahead and pour yourself a stiff drink. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.grist.org/climate-policy/2011-12-08-the-brutal-logic-of-climate-change-mitigation

[Bogart]

1. Well then, it would appear that it is too late to do anything else except

find another planet to relocate to.

As it is, the US consumes something like 25% of expended world energy. However, energy usage in China and India is expanding exponentially...China 1,338,299,500 + India 1,170,938,000 = 2,509,237,500 / US 307,006,550 = 8.17!!!

The time has come to increase NASA's funding!

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. See also…

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=319224&mesg_id=319224