CO2 JUMPS SINCE 2000 3 TIMES AS MUCH AS 1990s

DemocracyNow.Org is [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1412217|reporting] that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has jumped a LOT since 2000--three times the rate recorded in the 1990s. Here's what they said:

Scientists: CO2 Emissions Unexpectedly Soared Since 2000

Meanwhile in related news, a team of international scientists reported on Monday that worldwide carbon dioxide levels have taken a sudden and alarming jump since the year 2000. The scientists found that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are increasing at three times the rate experienced in the 1990s.

Don't worry, [http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/CO2-emissions-sped-up-after-2000-study/2007/05/22/1179601366748.html|Sydney Morning Herald is reporting the same thing]. Here's what they say about the study that found the numbers DN reported on:

"This paper should be a rallying cry," said Chris Field, a co-author of t! he study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Noting recent media reports about countries and companies making serious commitments to combat climate change, Field said: "This basically says what the challenge is, how serious they need to be."

Field, of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology in Stanford, California, said the study found that between 2000 and 2004, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions increased by 3.1 per cent a year, about three times as fast as the 1.1 per cent rate of increase in the 1990s.

In addition to energy intensity, the speed-up is also due to a rise in how much carbon it takes to make the energy people use. Other factors include growth in world population and individual gross domestic product, the study said.

Field noted the scientific consensus that carbon emissions contribute to global climate change.

Much of the accelerated carbon dioxide emissions come from China, where a fast-growing economy is powered largely by coal-fired energy.

So, there ya have it. It's time to stop looking for a single solution to oil and just start using SOMEthing other than it for everything. Ethanol, solar, wind, hydro, hydrogen, ANYthing other than oil.

No single thing will replace oil, but we've got to start diversifying.

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