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No, let's please not stop! Have a look at this plot: https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/FigSPM-10.jpg https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018
by kaybe 5y ago
No, let's please not stop! Have a look at this plot:
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/FigSPM-10.jpg https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/FigSPM-10.jp...
And then consider that the x-axis does not cover the full carbon available as fossil fuels. Depending on estimation, this could be 15,000 GtC, maybe more (the lower axis in that plot).
https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/what-if-we-burn-all-the-fossil-fuels/ https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/what-if-we-burn-all-t...
It's not looking good now, but we can make this so much worse.
You're right about the mitigation, of course.