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Editorial: Surviving climate change means an end to burning fossil fuels. Prepare yourself for sacrifices

Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series on climate change.

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The evidence, the expert advice, common sense - they all point to a single unavoidable conclusion: Humankind has dragged its feet for so long on the looming crisis of climate change that it is no longer looming but is upon us, and will be impossible to undo.

It would be foolish, of course, to rule out nascent or not-as-yet conceived technological advances that could claw back some of the carbon and other greenhouse gases we've already emitted. But it would be equally foolhardy to count on them. What is required, at a minimum, is a

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