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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.<br>
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On 3/20/2013 4:18 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Michael
Iversen <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:miversen@uic.edu" target="_blank">miversen@uic.edu</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">T<span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">herefore,
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.</span><br>
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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.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.oregon.gov/energy/Pages/Ten_Year_Energy_Plan_Draft.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/energy/Pages/Ten_Year_Energy_Plan_Draft.aspx</a>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.keeporegoncool.org/sites/default/files/ogwc-standard-documents/2011Report.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.keeporegoncool.org/sites/default/files/ogwc-standard-documents/2011Report.pdf</a><br>
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