FIGURE 2. Decarbonization discrepancies.

From the following article:

Dangerous assumptions

Roger Pielke, Jr, Tom Wigley & Christopher Green

Nature 452, 531-532(3 April 2008)

doi:10.1038/452531a

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Implied rates of carbon- and energy-intensity decline from the 2000 Special Report on Emission Scenarios, showing six illustrative scenarios. The red marker indicates actual observations (2000–2005) based on global economic growth calculated using market exchange rates.

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