CO2 emissions matter - here's why

From this graphic you can see:
1) the lag effect of temperature to emissions
2) the long stabilisation period (several generations long)
3) that our children may inherit a far more inhospitable planet

If the graph below does not worry you, nothing will.

clipped from europe.theoildrum.com Its possible that the "public" at large are now less secure in their past belief systems than they were a few months ago.