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And if you didn't think that global warming was bad enough already with all the suffering

and death it promises to bring, don't forget the worst part.

This is also going to cost you money.

I want to talk this evening for a second about money.

Because the things we know about Earth in this current precarious moment and the things

we know about what Earth might look like in the future all comes back to money.

Here's what I mean.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Body, basically says we really,

really have to try to not warm the planet in this entry more than two degrees Celsius

or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

And if that sounds like not that much to you, think about the complicated system of the

human body and the difference between being 98.6 degrees and 102.6 degrees.

Adding just four degrees doesn't seem like a lot out of 98.6, but if you're running

a 102.6 fever, how are you feeling?

What if it lasts for several weeks?

For Earth, no one knows exactly what happens if we add more than two degrees Celsius,

but the consensus is it's much, much more than melting glaciers.

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