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Originally Posted by Agamemnon

I think the point is that if we stop now, there is damage that will last centuries. If we don't stop now, the damage will be worse, for longer. They're saying we're past the point of no return when it comes to long-term damage... its largely up to us how far past that point we choose to go, and the final extent of the damage.

Hmmm...

"This is just not something you can stop. We're just going to have to live with it," co-author Kevin Trenberth, director of climate analysis for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, said in an interview. "We're creating a different planet. If you were to come up back in 100 years time, we'll have a different climate."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science....ap/index.html

Comforting indeed.