I just returned from a meeting of parliamentarians in Europe. One of the representatives was talking about the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He was talking about the numbers and the predictions, and he said that what we've seen during the global economic recession is a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. I said that without the transformative technologies to get us to the next step, if a recession implies a reduction in carbon dioxide, then a reduction in carbon dioxide implies a recession. He didn't like my comment.
Would either of you like to address this?