The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.

Climate change has a very high procrastination penalty that just grows with each passing year of inaction - rather like what happens if you don't pay off your credit card. But for climate, there is no such thing as a fresh start from bankruptcy.

You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.

Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.

Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.

If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.

It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses who pulled off the American Revolution.