The Big Melt

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http://www.locatetv.com/tv/60-minutes-on-cnbc/6992896

The part on the melting of Antartica talks about how it is warming up faster than anywhere else on earth. And ice cores show a spike in green house gases in the last 200 years. The first part on coal ash is pretty terrifying. Evidently we are all breathing it in and no one knows what to do with it without poisoning the biosphere more.

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http://www.global-warming-forecasts....rming-2025.php

2025. U.S. electric power production highly likely to be limited by water shortages. “There is a high likelihood that water shortages will limit power plant electricity production in many regions. Future water constraints on electricity production in thermal power plants are projected for Arizona, Utah, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, California, Oregon, and Washington state by 2025. Additional parts of the United States could face similar constraints as a result of drought, growing populations, and increasing demand for water for various uses, at least seasonally.

[The CNBC report on Antartica interviews people who have been studying penguins for the past twenty years and who report a reduction in the penguin population by 60%. But since few people care about penguins unless they can tap dance, I included this info on U.S. electricity.

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http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/futureac.html

EPA has developed non-carbon dioxide [[non-CO2) greenhouse gas emissions projections for both the U.S. and internationally through 2020. Global non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions are projected to grow 44% to 13 billion metric tons [[CO2 equivalent) by 2020 relative to 1990 levels [[about 9 billion tons CO2 equivalent) under “business as usual” conditions.
In its Annual Energy Outlooks for both the U.S. and the world, DOE presents a forecast and analysis of energy supply, demand and prices through 2030 that includes CO2 emissions projections. Global emissions of CO2 are predicted to increase from 25 billion metric tons in 2003 to 43-44 billion metric tons in 2030, or about 74% based on changes in energy supply and demand and prices.
Developing countries such as China will be the primary source of new emissions