When looking at the combined income and sales tax, not only does the pattern remain the same, but the sheer magnitude of the numbers are startling.

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The report's startling numbers are based on calculations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that the Earth's atmosphere warmed by 0.74 degrees Celsius (1.33 degrees Fahrenheit) from 1906 to 2005, with much of that increase coming in recent decades.

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The exact estimates differ, depending on how economists construct their models, but virtually all the numbers are startling.

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