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\u201cEven warming of just 2 degrees C would raise sea levels, change agricultural productivity, destroy sensitive species and ecosystems, and alter patterns of disease in challenging ways, the groups acknowledge. Yet because further fossil-fuel use seems politically and economically unavoidable\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Okay, call me crazy, but doesn\u2019t the rise in sea level, destruction of sensitive plants, etc. seem like a \u201cpolically and economically\u201d ridiculous thing to allow to happen?! I don\u2019t understand how we can \u201cchoose\u201d (because we are choosing) to not quickly wean ourselves off of fossil fuels JUST because we are not calculating in understandable monetary and political terms the massive badness<\/strong> of climate change. Or the massive goodness inherent in doing things smarter in the long term understanding of the issues at hand.<\/p>\n

Here is the link to the full article. I\u2019m a bit PO\u2019d.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=safe-limit-for-global-warming&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_ENGYSUS_20131205<\/a><\/p>\n

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