The International Energy Association (IEA) has said it will be almost impossible to prevent dangerous climate change above 2 degrees without extracting greenhouse gases from the air.
Two further numbers from their annual report featured on Reuters:
$3.6 trillion – the cost of decarbonising all the world’s energy production between 2010 and 2030.
$4.0 trillion – the price paid to shore up the world economy in recent weeks.
Ah, well.
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on Nov 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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