Friday 31 May 2013

450

Recently, we crossed that depressing milestone of 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere.

The other day, I was discussing term life insurance with my agent. Is it sufficient if I cover myself until I am 60? That would be the year 2041.

It's strange. We pretend that life will be the same in 2041. It won't be.

Something more dramatic will happen in 2037. Well, our son will possibly graduate from college. But, more importantly, he will throw his graduation cap into an atmosphere that would have just breached a nightmarish 450 ppm CO2.

Nice legacy we will leave him.

That's just 24 years from now. 1 ppm every six months. 

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