Science makes strong case for rapid deployment - Analysis: "Avoiding key impacts of climate change depends on the success of efforts to overcome infrastructural inertia and commission a new generation of devices that can provide energy and transport servi

A major new study in Science magazine, "Future CO2 Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure" (subs. req'd), makes a powerful case for rapid deployment of low-carbon technology.

The study, one of whose authors is climatologist Ken Caldeira, looks at current and future emissions from existing energy infrastructure.  It concludes that if the world built no new polluting infrastructure, we would end up with "mean warming of 1.3°C (1.1° to 1.4°C) above the pre-industrial...