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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/10/the-full-global-warming-solution-how-the-world-can-stabilize-at-350-to-450-ppm/">http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/10/the-full-global-warming-solution-how-the-world-can-stabilize-at-350-to-450-ppm/</a><br>
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This is much too long for a cut and paste. However, it does outline
just how much we have to do in order to sae the world. Rather
gloomy unless you have a pollyanna streak. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of
carbon dioxide at 450 ppm or lower is not politically possible
today — not even close — but is certainly achievable from an
economic and technological perspective, <a
href="http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/31/is-450-ppm-carbon-dioxide-politically-possible-1/">as
I and others have said for years</a>.
<p>Humanity has only two paths forward at this point. Either we
voluntarily switch to a low-carbon, low-oil, low-net water use,
low-net-material use economy over the next two decades or the <a
href="http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/08/ponzi-scheme-madoff-friedman-natural-capital-renewable-resources/">post-Ponzi-scheme-collapse
</a>forces us to do so circa 2030. The only difference between
the two paths is that the first one spares our children and
grandchildren and countless future generations untold misery
(see “<a id="destacado_5124" title="An introduction to global
warming impacts: Hell and High Water "
href="http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/22/an-introduction-to-global-warming-impacts-hell-and-high-water/">Intro
to global warming impacts: Hell and High Water</a>” and “<a
id="destacado_36888" title="A stunning year in climate science
reveals that human civilization is on the precipice "
href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/15/year-in-climate-science-climategate/">A
stunning year in climate science reveals that human
civilization is on the precipice</a>“).</p>
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