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		yummyfajitas on Nov 25, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Real Problem With the Climate Science Emails Assuming that graph is an exponential increase in CO2, then there will be a linear (not geometric) increase temperature. So it's considerably better, not worse. A little calculus goes a long way.

anthonyb on Nov 26, 2009 [–]

I meant worse as in faster growth than geometric. It's quite possible, particularly with feedback taken into account.

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