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the most pessimistic of the economic studies shows (IIRC) that cutting emissions 80% would put our economy on track to double in size by June of 2040 instead of January of 2040.

Wow! Can you please provide a citation?




http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/conor_clarke/2009/06/d...

It's actually even less bad than I thought, because that six month difference is for 2050 rather than 2040.


Well that is indeed impressive, with two caveats:

1) I'm not sure why it's the forecast of the most pessimistic

2) The 80% reduction won't kick in until 2050. Indeed there won't even be a 20% reduction until 2020.




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