"Many -- not all -- of those effects can be prevented, the report says, if within a generation the world slows down its emissions of carbon dioxide and if the level of greenhouse gases sticking around in the atmosphere stabilizes. If that's the case, the report says "most major impacts on human welfare would be avoided; but some major impacts on ecosystems are likely to occur.""

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/03/10/climate.report.ap/index.html


THIS is what I believe is the problem- The above statement is being treated as true without any evidence, in spite of the consequences of it being in error.

I believe that the article is probably correct in its assessment of the impact of global warming: It is the idea that we can PREVENT it by even draconian curtailing of green house gas emissions that I find unsupported in this, or any other report.