[Greenbuilding] NYC 90% emissions cut with windows

[Michael Iversen]

CO2 atmospheric concentration reached 350ppm in 1988. Having a goal in 
the year 2013 (397ppm) of reducing GHG emissions 90% by the year 2050 
(90 by 50) is akin to the captain of the Titanic directing the engine 
room, "Iceberg dead ahead, stop all engines when you find the time", 
after its hull had already been been breached and passengers are looking 
for the lifeboats.

On 3/20/2013 4:18 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Michael Iversen <miversen at uic.edu 
> <mailto:miversen at uic.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Therefore, amazingly enough, a 90% GHG emission reduction by 2050
>     is a recipe for risking irreversible catastrophic change, as 2050
>     will likely be far too late.
>
>
> And what I find even more amazing is that just about no one is taking 
> note, revising what pass for energy plans, up the ante on how we're 
> going to dig ourselves out of this predicament. Oregon's Ten Year 
> Energy Plan, and the reports put out by the Oregon Global Warming 
> Commission, for instance, are full of wishful thinking and jargon and 
> do not come close to acknowledging a 350 target much less how we might 
> achieve it. They do not include any mention of people, of non-experts, 
> of behavior, or anything else that a non-expert would understand or 
> have any meaningful input on.
> http://www.oregon.gov/energy/Pages/Ten_Year_Energy_Plan_Draft.aspx
> http://www.keeporegoncool.org/sites/default/files/ogwc-standard-documents/2011Report.pdf
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>
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