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OKIsItJustMe

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2. "If" we don’t do something about CO2 levels in the atmosphere, we “could” already be beyond 2°C

Reply to Nihil (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 09:48 AM

Feb 2015

We need to do something that produces not just lower emissions, even carbon-neutral technology is not sufficient. We need negative emissions.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0678-z

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Electricity from biomass with carbon capture could make western U.S. carbon-negative [View all] OKIsItJustMe Feb 2015 OP

"if" + "could" + "assume" + "uncertainties" + "may" + "possibly" = just more "CCS" BULLSHIT. Nihil Feb 2015 #1

"If" we don’t do something about CO2 levels in the atmosphere, we “could” already be beyond 2°C OKIsItJustMe Feb 2015 #2

No, we *need* to stop searching desperately for ways to continue Business As Usual ... Nihil Feb 2015 #4

Re: Solar power is better than carbon neutral. OKIsItJustMe Feb 2015 #5

Fire up the chainsaws, boys! NickB79 Feb 2015 #3