Reduce CO2? Build more nuclear power plants!

So, now the scientists are saying we need to "Substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases". OK, but how? How about build power plants on a massive scale that emit no CO2? We could replace all the coal plants, all the natural gas plants, generate electricity for plug-in hybrids, if we built nuclear power plants again. We need to do it before it is too late!

The teams say their studies provide the first hints that during the last interglacial period, ice sheets in both hemispheres worked together to raise sea levels, rather than the Northern Hemisphere's ice alone. This raises concerns that Antarctic melting might be more severe this time, because additional melt mechanisms may be at work.

"It sounds bad," acknowledges Jonathan Overpeck, a University of Arizona researcher who led one of the two studies. He notes that rising temperatures are approaching a threshold. But "we know about it far enough in advance to avoid crossing it." The challenge, he and others say, is to take advantage of the remaining window by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases substantially.