Dangerous assumptions

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How big is the energy challenge of climate change? The technological advances needed to stabilize carbon-dioxide emissions may be greater than we think, argue Roger Pielke Jr, Tom Wigley and Christopher Green.

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Figure 1: Cumulative emissions.

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Figure 2: Decarbonization discrepancies.

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  1. Roger Pielke Jr is in the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0488, USA.
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  2. Tom Wigley is in the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
    • Tom Wigley
  3. Christopher Green is in the Department of Economics, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T7, Canada.
    • Christopher Green
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Pielke, R., Wigley, T. & Green, C. Dangerous assumptions. Nature 452, 531–532 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452531a

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