Florian Junk

ERT: 4 min | February 29, 2012

Myhrvold finds we need clean energy yesterday (and no natural gas) to avoid being cooked

so much CO2 accumulation is already “baked in” that temperature will continue to rise for a while even in the context of rapid emission reductions. We’ve already gotten drunk on fossil fuels; there’s no way to avoid the hangover.