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MIT Spectrum - Winter 2007 | Jan 24, 2006
There's one basic answer to the question, Why are we worried about energy? The answer is climate change, argues MIT's Ron Prinn: if there were no global warming threat associated with fuels like oil and coal, there'd be no crisis.
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Jun 08, 2002
Author: Ronald G. Prinn, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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May 01, 2001
We developed the Greenhouse Gamble™ wheels to convey uncertainty in climate change prediction. Each wheel represents a different set of greenhouse gas policies, and each slice shows the likelihood of temperature change in that range by 2100.
More information on the Greenhouse Gamble Wheels