Tyndall Center Director Anderson: Rapid Emissions Reduction Hard: 4-6C Far, Far Worse

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10. Can you point to one program or event that has reduced global CO2 emissions, ...

when consumption and growth were not suppressed by recession? If status quo could be maintained, 'Big Energy' would be leading the charge in a reduction of CO2 emissions, to protect their future.

The fact is, emissions have continued to rise with consumption except in times of economic crisis. New clean energies can't provide for the present demand, and now we are up against the clock which is running out of time. We need to cut back now, one more time,now, by more than ten times what has been considered before in discussion. International agreements have consistently failed when proposing just a one percent per year reduction, because any larger reduction guarantees an economy at best in stagnation, but more likely in crisis. We don't have the luxury of gradual development of clean energy, and now, the technology is not close to the scale needed.

Joe you seem to be caught up in a desire to maintain your consumption and addressing the cooking of the planet at the same time. The avenues for your success unfortunately do not exist at this time, and we are out of time. Cut back consumption now, or pay the price of 4-6 degrees C, probably more by the end of the century.

Right now we are feeling the effects of less than 2 degrees rise with more already baked in. And you want to continue to do, what has provided the heat, status quo and rising, c-o-n-s-u-m-p-t-i-o-n.

I wish you luck.