Another important note from that State of the Union is that FDR called for the Lend-Lease act for Britain, which was then at war with Germany.

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If, and please note the if is very important here, climate sensitivity is two degrees, this gives us perhaps another 40 to 50 years before we really must, must, be reducing our carbon emissions.

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