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We probably cannot reduce global warming, but we should be able to reduce the RATE of global warming, if we focus on certain primary goals. First would be to reduce our consumption of fossil fuel. In 1700 the concentration of atmospheric CO2 was 280 parts per million. By 1900 (two centuries) it had risen to 290 parts per million. That is only ten parts per million over two hundred (200) years. Currently we are raising CO2 levels that much every decade (10 years), and will exceed 400 ppm in four short years (by 2016). At the current rate of consumption we will break 500 ppm before 2050.

The changes that will result are irreversible, but it serves our best interest to slow down the rate of change, to give earth more time to adapt to the new conditions.

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