[Peakoil-announce] fossil fuels and temperature rise

[karin at doctordemocracy.net]

Don't get too excited about statements limiting the total amount of
temperature rise that fossil fuels can generate.

Much of the temperature rise will come from clathrates in the oceans and
melting permafrost. They both contain methane, which is a much more
(although less enduring) greenhouse gas.

I've just finished Fred Pearce's The Last Generation, which describes
these processes in good accessible language. It was written in 2006, and
many of his more dire concerns have since become science news.

Dr Karin Geiselhart