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by yassam 4961 days ago
I agree (about climate) and I don't think we can wait for peak oil to hit before we start making much deeper cuts in emissions.

Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone shows that proven fossil fuel reserves are around 5 times higher than we can burn to avoid a very dangerous climate change (beyond the 2C guardrail):

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-te...

More info here: http://math.350.org/