We know this because the Global Climate Models (GCMs) have done so well at predicting the state of the climate since their invention. /sarc
If the GCMs were accurate and validated by Mother Nature we might want to heed the warning at ThinkProgress. But since this has turned out not to be the case the fear mongering at ThinkRegress can be ignored.
The GCMs have failed to reproduce what Mother Nature has done over the last 15 years. The rise in temperatures of the late 20th century over which so much doomsday ink has been spilled stopped at least 15 years ago. This little bit of reality means that the GCMs which assign a starring role to CO2 have overestimated the sensitivity of the atmosphere to the presence of increasing concentrations of CO2, an invisible trace gas essential to life on Earth. Burning fossil fuels which produces CO2 as a by product is not the evil activity that it has been made out to be. This is good news because it is the discovery and use of fossil fuels that has allowed our standard of living to improve so much over the years. Each generation has seen increasing benefits of fossil fuel use placed before them in new labor saving machines from dishwashers to iPhones.
My children and grandchildren will see the continued marvels of fossil fuels use appear before their amazed eyes unless we are stupid enough to believe that CO2 controls the temperature of the Earth and begin to lower human emissions. Given that politicians hate to admit wrong more than they hate to harm people our leaders do not inspire confidence in this observer.
Curtailing the use of fossil fuels will be imposed on the populace. The state will be exempt.
Pyongyang does not deny itself just its citizens. Will that be our model of government going forward?
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